Tag: MALARIA
National Routine Immunisation: Nigerian Government Introduces Malaria Vaccine Into Schedule.
The Federal Government has said the malaria vaccine will now be part of the national routine immunisation schedule.Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, the Coordinating Minister...
Malaria: Nigerian Government To Begin Vaccination In Kebbi, Bayelsa Dec 2.
Malaria vaccination is to commence December 2nd, 2024, in Kebbi and Bayelsa states.This was disclosed to newsmen on Saturday by the Head of Public...
Who Charges Countries To Use New Tools To Stave Off Malaria...
The World Health Organisation, WHO has called on countries to implement new and existing anti-malaria interventions, including the use of its pilot vaccine programme...
Malaria: Nigeria Records 55 Million Cases Annually
The Federal Government says it recorded 55 million malaria cases and that about 90,000 malaria deaths occur each year in Nigeria.Minister of Health, Osagie...
Nigeria Okays Malaria Vaccine For Children Below Three Years
The Federal Government has approved the provisional use of an anti-malaria R-21 vaccine. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC...
USAID Collaborates With C’ River To Fight Malaria
The United States Agency for International Development, USAID is set to partner with the Cross River Health Insurance Agency, CRSHIA in the fight against...
WHO Approves First Malaria Vaccine For Children
The World Health Organisation WHO is recommending widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine for the decades-long battle against the deadly disease for...
Curbing Malaria: Federal Government To Focus On Lessons From Sunmap 2
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to focus on the lessons learnt from the just concluded Support to National Malaria Program Phase 11...
Experts, Say Malaria Killing More, Patients Afraid Of Hospital Because Of...
Some medical experts say the current deaths in Kaduna state were mostly due to the scourge of Malaria, as patients fear going to hospitals because...
Malaria: Experts Say Disease Kills 4,500 Pregnant Women In Nigeria Annually
Some Health Experts say about 4,500 pregnant women die from malaria annually in the country, adding that the number accounts for 11 per cent...
Malaria: FG To Empower Local Manufacturers To Produce Drugs – N.M.E.P...
The
Coordinator, National Malaria Elimination Programme, N.M.E.P, Audu Mohammed
says the Federal Government would empower local manufacturers to produce
malaria drugs locally.He
added that government would be doing...
Malaria: FG Tasks Healthcare Workers On Professionalism
The Federal Government has advised healthcare workers to be truly professional in the distribution of free mosquito nets to the general public.Read This: El-Zakzaky:...
Hepatitis: WHO Says Disease Deadlier Than Aids, Malaria, Tb
The World Health Organisation, WHO has warned that dying of viral hepatitis in Africa, is a bigger threat than dying of AIDS, malaria or...
Malaria: The World Health Organization Declares Algeria Free Of Deadly Disease
The World Health Organization,WHO,has declared the
nation where malaria was discovered as officially free of malaria, making it
the third African country to eliminate one of...
