Category: Health
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Nigeria first in Africa to receive mpox vaccines – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria is the first country in Africa to receive mpox vaccines, aimed at combating the spread of the new strain of mpox virus.
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Mpox clade 1b transmission worries Lagos govt
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has expressed concern about the potential risk of mpox clade 1b transmission into the state. Abayomi said this during a news conference by the state Ministry of Health on Mpox on Tuesday in Lagos.
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UNHCR: Suspected 40 mpox cases among Congolese refugees
Dozens of possible cases of the viral disease mpox have emerged among refugees and displaced people in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is deeply concerned because it is hard to reach those affected.
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WHO unveils plan to contain Mpox outbreak
The World Health Organisation (WHO) hon Monday unveiled a global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan ( SPRP)to tackle human-to-human transmission of mpox. This is contained in a statement issued by the world health body. The plan which will run from September 2024 to February 2025, requiring 135 million U.S. dollars in funding.
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Osun govt refutes claims of new Mpox cases
Dr Akeem Bello, Director of Public Health in Osun, has dismissed reports of new monkeypox (M-pox) cases resurfacing in Ilesa, Osun. In a telephone interview on Monday in Osogbo, Bello stated that only two cases had been recorded since January.
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Cross River Govt confirms 1 case of Mpox
The Cross River Government has confirmed one case of Mpox in Okoshe community in Obudu Local Government Area. The confirmation is coming a few days after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) reported a case in the state.
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Doctors down tools in Anambra
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Anambra Branch, has directed its members to withdraw clinical services in all private and public hospitals with effect from Thursday night.
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FG says 4m children in Northeast, Northwest are malnourished
The Federal says more than four million children in the Northeast and Northwest regions are malnourished. Mrs Ladidi Bako-Aiyebusi, the Director of Nutrition Department in the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare,
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How women can dodge silent killer, ‘cervical cancer’, that ended singer Aduke Gold’s life
Popular Gospel singer and minister Aduke Ajayi, popularly known as Aduke Gold had on Monday, August 12th, 2024, succumbed to the cold hands of death while undergoing treatment at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, leaving many of her fans and fellow artists in shock.
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NAFDAC sends strong warning to dealers in substandard medicine
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has warned water producers, patent medicine dealers and other manufacturers of regulated products against selling fake and substandard products.