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Meningitis outbreak: FG to hold emergency meeting with WHO

by Dolapo Adelana Following the outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis in five States, the Federal Government has summoned an emergency meeting between stakeholders in the health sector and the World Health Organisation to secure the approval of additional vaccines and the curb the menace. The FG also raised the alarm that the new strain of the bacterial disease,... Read More

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October 24, 2016

BLOOD MONEY I: Did President Buhari lie about the cleanup of Ogoniland?

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger Delta, where our reporters have spent weeks digging deep into a part of the country oft reported about and sadly still mis-understood. These are the... Read More

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September 29, 2016

Cholera: Does Ambode need to impose one more sanitation day on Lagosians?

Ebola came and we conquered. So it is surprising that a country that could manage the crisis of such an outbreak and break through the shackles that dreaded disease would still be reporting casualties from Cholera. Worst still, a state like Lagos. The state has recorded two notable cholera outbreaks since 2013. We reported the... Read More

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September 5, 2016

Polio outbreak: Nigeria may be in grave danger

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday said a third case of polio has been reported in Nigeria after two others were discovered last month. Nigeria was to be declared polio free this year, until two new cases of the deadly virus was discovered “A third child has been paralysed by wild poliovirus type one in... Read More

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August 26, 2016

There is a fresh threat of yellow fever outbreak in Nigeria: Your safety pack in 5

by Roqeebah Olaoniye The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) had a media roundtable discussion at the University of Lagos and they are predicting a fresh Yellow Fever pandemic, calling for a global yellow fever vaccine production. According to the Academy, about 101,298,992 of Nigerian population are at risk of the disease and there are reports that... Read More

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August 13, 2016

5 takeaways from the recent discovery of polio virus in Borno

There were reports on Thursday that the Federal Government had discovered an outbreak of Wild Polio Virus in Borno State. According to the reports, the outbreak affected two children from Gwoza and Jere Local Government Areas of the state. Polio has been known to be an highly infectious disease caused by a virus of which attacks children,... Read More

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August 12, 2016

Polio: FG, WHO begin vaccination

The Federal Ministry of Health in conjunction with WHO, UNICEF and partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative have rolled out an emergency Polio immunization campaign in Borno, an official said. The UNICEF Chief of Communication, Doune Porter, said in a statement in Abuja on Friday that the campaign would commence in the accessible parts of... Read More

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August 11, 2016

Polio returns to Nigeria for the first time since July 2014

The Honourable Minister of Health Professor Isaac Adewole has confirmed an outbreak of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) in Borno state. In a statement released on Thursday by the Assistant director, press and public relations, Federal Ministry of Health, Olajide Oshundun, the outbreak affected two children from Gwoza and Jere Local Government Areas of the state.... Read More

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Nigeria must be poilo-free by 2017 – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, directed the Federal Ministries of Health, and Information and Culture, to work with state governments, to ensure that Nigeria is finally certified polio free by 2017. Buhari issued the directive while receiving the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti, at the State House, saying... Read More

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Adamu Mustapha: Enhancing economic development through water supply – Zamfara State as a case study

by Adamu Mustapha From time immemorial, philosophers and scientists have linked development to the presence of safe and clean drinking water. In fact, the availability of and access to potable water is one of the strongest indicators for development in any society. It is therefore not surprising that 37 percent of the 884 million people in... Read More

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February 10, 2016

Zika virus: China confirms first case

Asian giant, China, with a population of over 1.3 billion, has confirmed its first case of the dreaded Zika virus. The virus was said to have been brought into the country by an unnamed 34-year-old man, who recently returned from a trip to South American country- Venezuela. The man, report says, is from Ganxian county... Read More

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August 17, 2015

Finally! Africa is free of “wild” cases of polio

Africa has been battling different kinds of diseases and epidemics, but we’ve made a breakthrough in one epidemic, Polio. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Africa has been free of wild cases of Polio since July, as a result of a dedicated vaccination campaign that has advanced the continent towards zero cases. This is good news... Read More

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Cuba stops mother-child HIV transmission

Early this week, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Cuba has become the first country in the world to stop the transmission of the HIV virus, as well as syphillis, from mothers to their offspring. Via NBCNews: “Eliminating transmission of a virus is one of the greatest public health achievements possible,” said WHO Director-General... Read More

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According to WHO, the strange ailment in Ondo is caused by…

by Damilola Jagun For the past week or more, a strange ailment has killed over 18 people in the town of Ode Irele, in Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State. While many theories have been postulated as to what could be behind the outbreak of the disease, the World Health Organisation seems to have an answer.... Read More

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January 16, 2015

Bird flu discovered in Lagos and Kano

by Kolapo Olapoju The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has announced that a high mortality in two poultry farms and live bird markets in Kano and Lagos states, have been recorded. According to the ministry, the bird’s blood samples, which were forwarded to the National Veterinary Research Institute tested positive for H5 Strain... Read More

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December 2, 2014

Femi Aribisala: Who is afraid of Goodluck Jonathan (Part 1)

by Femi Aribisala Goodluck Jonathan must be the most feared Head of State in the history of Nigeria. Some people say Goodluck Jonathan is “clueless.” They would also have us believe he is a weak president. If so, how come his opponents are greatly afraid of him? People are not inclined to fear weaklings. Therefore... Read More

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November 23, 2014

@rumanio: Now that Ebola is gone, where is your hand sanitizer?

by Wilson Rume Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has come and gone in Nigeria. During the outbreak of the virus, many Nigerians were greeted with fear due to the means of transmission from one person to another, which only requires direct contact with bodily fluids such as sweats, saliva and blood of an infected person. That... Read More

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November 3, 2014

Hello, Lagos! The Future Awards Africa holds on 7 December, launches campaign for 1million young Africans to fight Ebola

by Isi Esene The Central Working Committee (CWC) of Africa’s biggest youth event, The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) has announced the date and host state for the 2014 edition of the event: “We are excited to announce that The Future Awards Africa 2014 will be hosted in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, 7 December.” This is... Read More

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October 20, 2014

GEJ has nice words for Fashola, Amaechi, post Ebola

by Laila Ibrahim President Goodluck Jonathan has lauded the declaration by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday, that Nigeria is now officially Ebola-free after 42 days without any incidence of the Ebola Virus Disease. The Ebola Virus Disease entered Nigeria in July through a Liberian, Patrick Sawyer who entered Nigeria through the Lagos Airport.... Read More

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October 17, 2014

Opinion: Commemorating 2014 World Poverty Eradication Day – The Nigerian case

by Yusuf Ishaku Goje Like peace-building, the solution to poverty does not reside in quick-fix approach but in a sustainable humanitarian effort. Also, just like nation-building, combating extreme poverty requires the collective and synergistic effort of all irrespective of class strata. Therefore, there is no gainsaying the fact that combating extreme poverty requires a long term... Read More

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September 30, 2014

‘I did not cry when my mother died’ – 11-year-old boy narrates touching #Ebola story

by Chidi Okoye Victor, 11, Sheku (5 years-old, left) and Ibrahim (4 years-old, right) have just been released from the government-run treatment centre in Kenema, Sierra Leone, after surviving the deadly Ebola Virus. They spent over three weeks at the centre where they lost their mother in the first few days. Victor, the eldest, said... Read More

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September 25, 2014

Our health sector climbs higher: Nigeria exits the polio club

by Laila Ibrahim The World Health Organization has commended Nigeria for its successful containment of the deadly Ebola virus and urged other countries to emulate its control method. The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Margaret Chan, who stated this during a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan on the Ebola Virus and Polio... Read More

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September 24, 2014

Free at last: We no longer have #Ebola contacts under surveillance – Health Minister

by Isime Esene The Ministry of Health has declared Nigeria Ebola virus free. This piece of good news was made public by Dan Nwomeh, the Minister of Health’s spokesman, who posted tweets on the status of the deadly disease in the country. According to Nwomeh, the remaining twenty five Ebola contacts have been discharged from surveillance. See his... Read More

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September 24, 2014

It won’t stop! Ebola cases in Africa could be 1.4million by 2015

by Mayowa Aboah Although Nigeria may have succeeded in halting the threat of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the spread of the disease in other places is still on the rise. The U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has predicted that Liberia and Sierra Leone could have 1.4 million Ebola cases by January... Read More

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September 19, 2014

#Ebola: World Health Organization warns of booming blood black market

by Chidi Okoye The World Health Organization has raised an alarm over the booming blood black market, as infected patients of the Ebola virus disease scramble to purchase blood from Ebola survivors. According to the WHO, blood from survivors(Convalescent serum) possess antibodies which have the ability to fight the virus. The apex world health body stated that... Read More

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September 15, 2014

Not yet Uhuru: Ebola epidemic will rage for another 12 to 18 months – Experts

by Akan Ido Contrary to World Health Organization (WHO) report indicating a 9 month window for containing the Ebola virus, American scientists report that this may take far longer than that. Epidemiologists in the United States arrived at a 12-18 months figure after creating models of the epidemic for the National Institutes of Health and the Defense... Read More

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September 12, 2014

Ebola digs in…

by Mayowa Aboah The World Health Organisation has reported that the cases of Ebola outbreak in West Africa has risen to 4,784 with over 2,400 deaths. Director general of WHO, Margaret Chan, who disclosed this on Friday, said that the number of cases of the deadly viral disease is rising faster than authorities’ ability to manage... Read More

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September 6, 2014

Simple blood transfusion could cure Ebola

by Emma Chidiogo The Ebola Virus is known to be one of the world’s deadliest virii with over 1900 cases of death reported since it’s outbreak in West Africa earlier this year. A total of 3,707 cases have been reported globally, including over 18 cases in Nigeria. Research scientists around the world have been one of the... Read More

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September 6, 2014

Why Nigeria is winning its fight against Ebola

by Adedayo Ademuwagun Everyone panicked when the first Ebola case in the country was reported in July, and people thought the disease would spread like wildfire. Ebola has killed over 1500 people in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone and it still looks to be spreading beyond control in those countries. But there have been only... Read More

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September 4, 2014

Guess how many BILLIONS they say we need to fight Ebola (READ)

by Mayowa Aboah A report by the World Health organisation (WHO) has revealed that the death toll of Ebola Virus Disease victims has risen to 1,900. WHO executive, Margaret Chan, who revealed this said that there have been 3,500 confirmed or probable cases in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia; and that the outbreaks were racing... Read More

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