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UNICEF raises alarm over unprecedented diphtheria outbreak

 Urges urgent vaccination  In the midst of the most severe diphtheria outbreak in recent global history, UNICEF Nigeria is sounding the alarm about the urgent need for widespread vaccination. The

24m Nigerians have visual impairment

FG  approves initiative to provide 5m glasses  The Federal Government, has expressed concerns over more than 24 million Nigerians who are grappling with varying degrees of visual  impairments.  Expressing worry,

Lagos Health Commissioner, Special Adviser assume duties

Seek support, collaboration of stakeholders  The newly sworn-in Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Dr. Oreoluwa Finnih-Awokoya yesterday assumed

NAFDAC warns against buying drugs from open markets

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned that drugs sold in open market are poisonous and dangerous to human health. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the

Elephantiasis elimination: Lagos targets 3.9M residents

Commences mass administration of medicine  Lagos State Government in partnership with a non-governmental organization, Mission to Save the Helpless, MITOSATH, has commenced mass administration of free Ivermectin and Albendazole medicines

Kenyan scientists begin research on use of AI to predict pregnancy risks

A Kenyan Clinician-Scientist, Prof. Moses Obimbo Madadi  is currently leading a team of researchers at the University of Nairobi, Kenya  in a ground breaking study on how the use of