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#GoodNews: Indian Firm Develops World’s 1st Vaccine Against Zika Virus

NAN - An Indian pharmaceutical firm claimed on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 to have developed the world's first vaccine against mosquito-borne Zika virus. Dr Krishna...

ALERT! WHO Warns Virus Zika Is ‘International Public Health Emergency’

The World Health Organization has declared the spread of Zika virus an international public health emergency and has freed funds to combat the disease. “This...

Lassa Fever Kills Doctor In Nasarawa

A Medical doctor, Ibrahim Oshafu, was reported dead after treating a patient with Lassa fever in Dalhatu Specialist Hospital (DASH) Lafia, Nasarawa State capital. This was...

Lassa Fever: Waste Agency Urges Residents To bag refuse

NAN - The Enugu State Waste Management Agency (ESWAMA) has urged residents to bag their refuse before putting them in waste containers as preventive...

Mimiko Revolution: Ondo Kidney Center Carried Out Over 2,000 Dialysis In 1 Year (PHOTOS)

Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko has revealed that the state's Kidney Care Centre, located at the Medical Village, Ondo has performed 2,571 sessions of dialysis since...

Zika Virus Spreads Explosively Around Americas, WHO Convenes Emergency Meeting

The explosive spread of the Zika virus in the Americas has propelled the World Health Organisation, WHO, to convene a meeting of an expert committee...

Lassa Fever Kills Nurse In Nasarawa

NAN - Oshafu Ibrahim, a male nurse at Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, capital of Nasarawa, who treated the index case of Lassa fever...

1 Dead, 26 Under Surveillance As Lassa Fever Hits Jigawa

The deadly disease, Lassa Fever has hit Jigawa State killing one, the  Jigawa State Government has confirmed. The death of one from the epidemic has...

#OndoSCH2016: Ondo Outperforming Other States – Robert Yates, Chatham House Director

The Project Director of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Policy Forum at the Chatham House and an internationally recognized expert on Progressive Health Financing,...

Lagos Issues Street Traders, Hawkers Quit Notice Over Lassa Fever

Lagos State Government, yesterday issued quit notice to street traders and hawkers in the state. Commissioner for Environment, Dr Babatunde Adejare, who gave the warning,...

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