MSF: Fractioning doses of yellow fever vaccine can help save more lives during outbreaks
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WHO will change its guidelines to recommend using partial doses of the yellow fever vaccine during emergencies as a result of new…
Top Ten News Items On Health, 7th September 2019
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Quality investment in nutrition can save 3.7m lives by 2025 – WHO. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control Responds To Cases Of…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Responds to Cases Of Yellow Fever in Bauchi State
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed four cases of yellow fever in Bauchi State. Three of the confirmed cases are…
SimEx: Fine-tuning Nigeria’s response to potential disease outbreaks
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Editor’s Note: This week in Abuja the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) alongside the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the National…
WAHO and Nigeria CDC team up to conduct a Yellow Fever Simulation Exercise in Lagos
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The West African Health Organization (WAHO), in its efforts to contribute to the capacity building of ECOWAS Member States in the area…
Case of Yellow Fever confirmed in Nigeria; Government starts Response
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The Hon Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, confirms a case of Yellow Fever in a young girl in Oke Owa Community, Ifelodun…