NCDC inaugurates first-ever Zonal Reference Laboratory
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it has inaugurated its first-ever Zonal Reference Laboratory (ZRL) in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. A statement signed by the NCDC…
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UNICEF: Vulnerable persons need subsidies to build toilets
UNICEF Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Nigeria, Ms. Jane Bevan, said introduction of subsidies would encourage vulnerable persons in communities to build and use their toilets. Bevan told…
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WHO calls for caution, says COVID-19 remains global health threat
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has again, warned that COVID-19 is still a global health threat and that it is not time to declare the pandemic over. WHO Director-General, Tedros…
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NAFDAC to intensify war against sub-standard, falsified medicines
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) will intensify the fight against substandard and falsified medicines in the country with the implementation of pharmaceutical traceability strategy…
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NCDC deploys rapid response team to 3 states over Meningitis cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has deployed a Rapid Response Team (RRT) to Jigawa, Yobe and Katsina States. Head of Special Projects and Partnerships Unit at NCDC, Dr Pricilla Ibekwe,…
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COVID-19: WHO urges information sharing on virus sequences
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on Member States to share COVID-19 sequences information to curb the spread of the virus globally. WHO Director General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, who…
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NCDC allays fear of lassa fever among health workers
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says no new healthcare worker is infected in the reporting week 52, of the Lassa Fever in the country. The NCDC via its official…
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NCDC says no public health benefits from COVID-19 travel restrictions
The Nigeria Centre for Disease and Prevention Control (NCDC), has said that recent experiences in the country with the arrival of the COVID-19 omicron variants showed that travel restrictions did…
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Buhari reappoints Prof Adeyeye as NAFDAC DG
President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) has reappointed the Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Moji Adeyeye. A statement issued by NAFDAC’s Director of Public…
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Police arrest 31-year-old fake doctor after life- threatening operation
…..in Ondo State The Police in Ondo State have arrested one Mr Olelekan Rabiu, a 31-year-old man allegedly parading himself as a medical doctor and Chief Medical Doctor (CMD) of…
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