Tag: #Health
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ANAMBRA, UNICEF INTENSIFY EFFORTS TO REDUCE MATERNAL DEATHS
The Anambra Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and other partners, has intensified efforts to eliminate maternal deaths and improve maternal and child health outcomes statewide. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, said this during a stakeholders’ engagement on maternal health performance on Wednesday June 24 in Awka. Obidike reiterated…
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EBOLA: FRANCE REPORTS FIRST CASE IN DOCTOR RETURNING FROM CONGO
France on Wednesday June 24 confirmed its first Ebola case during the current outbreak, as a doctor returning from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) tested positive. The ministry in a statement said the patient has been placed in isolation and health authorities are tracing contacts, adding that the risk…
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UNICEF, U.S. TO STRENGHTEN PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN ADAMAWA
The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), with funding support from the United States, has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening public health emergency preparedness and response systems in Adamawa. Dr Abe Egbe, Public Health Emergency Specialist at UNICEF, Abuja, said this on Tuesday June 23 in Yola during a Risk Assessment and Emergency Response Plan…
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EBOLA: OVER 1,000 PEOPLE INFECTED IN DRC, TODDLER DIES
Ebola has now infected more than 1,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in an outbreak that has spread to a third displacement camp and killed an 18-month-old girl. Congo’s government confirmed that its death toll reached 254. A Congolese health report stated that the 18-month-old baby tested for Ebola on June 14 in…
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EBOLA CASES SURPASS 1,000 AS DEATH TOLL REACHES 254
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighbouring Uganda has exceeded 1,000 confirmed cases, with 254 deaths recorded since May 15, 2026. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said the figures in a post on the organisation’s official X account on Tuesday June 23, highlighting…
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LASSA FEVER DEATHS RISE TO 214 AS FATALITY RATE REACHES 25.0% – NCDC
Lassa fever has claimed 214 lives in Nigeria, with the Case Fatality Rate climbing to 25 percent, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), in its Lassa Fever Situation Report for Week 23 (June 1 to June 7). The report stated that new confirmed cases held steady in week 23, matching…
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SICKLE CELL: EXPERTS IDENTIFY POOR MANAGEMENT AS MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATHS
As the world marks Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Day, experts have warned that poor management of complications from the disorder killed more sickle cell warriors in later years. The United Nations-recognised World SCD day is marked annually on June 19, and is dedicated to raising global awareness about sickle cell disorders and advocating for better…
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EMBRACE VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION AS LIFE-SAVING GESTURE – NOA
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has appealed to Nigerians to embrace the culture of voluntary blood donation as a vital act of humanity and life-saving gesture and solidarity. The Akwa Ibom Director of the agency, Mr Mkpoutom Mkpoutom, made the appeal in a statement made available to newsmen in Uyo, on Sunday June 14, as…
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CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN PLATEAU: 5 DEATHS, 11 CONFIRMED CASES
Dr. Nicholas Baamlong, Plateau’s Commissioner for Health says the state has recorded 11 confirmed cases of cholera, five deaths, and 53 suspected cases. Baamlong, who disclosed this to journalists on Sunday June 14 in Jos said the confirmed and suspected cases were reported in Pushit, Mangu 1 and Mangu 2 communities in Mangu Local Government…
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TINUBU SETS UP EBOLA TASK FORCE, RELEASES 10 BILLION NAIRA TO STRENGHTEN NIGERIA’S DISEASE RESPONSE
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Presidential Task Force on Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness and Emerging Public Health Threats, alongside the immediate release of N10 billion to boost public health emergencies response. The emergency funding is aimed at strengthening the operational capacity of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention…
