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December 12, (THEWILL) - Nigeria recorded 30.9% of all global malaria deaths in 2023, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Thursday, in its World Malaria Report for 2024. Noting that about 40% of malaria deaths among children under five,...

October 24, (THEWILL) - The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Thursday, said that the circulating variant of the polio virus Type 2 has decreased by over 38 percent in Nigeria within a year. WHO Country Representative in Nigeria, Dr Walter...

October 01, (THEWILL) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with the Borno state government has commenced the immunisation of 2.5 million children against polio and other killer diseases across the state. Speaking during the flagging off the 2024...

September 21, (THEWILL) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has donated cholera and Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) kits to the Borno State Government to avert and control possible health challenges following the recent flood disaster that ravaged Maiduguri, the...

September 13, (THEWILL) – On Friday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced the approval of the MVA-BN vaccine, developed by Bavarian Nordic A/S, as the first-ever Mpox vaccine to be added to its pre-qualification list. This prequalification approval of a...

August 27, (THEWILL) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) for Mpox, scheduled to run from September 2024 to February 2025. The plan, which stresses surveillance, research, equitable access to medical...

August 23, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded 40 confirmed cases of Mpox out of the 830 suspected cases in the country. Speaking at the Joint NCDC/WHO National Mpox Briefing with Stakeholders...

July 30, (THEWILL) - The World Health Organisation (WHO, in collaboration with the Borno State Government, has launched a hepatitis initiative, including free testing and vaccination exercises to eliminate the disease and control its spread in the state and...

June 21, (THEWILL) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a spike in cholera in several regions of the world with approximately 195,000 cases and over 1,900 deaths reported in 24 countries since January 2024. THEWILL had reported...

February 22, (THEWILL) - The Borno state government with support from the World Health Organisation has inaugurated the State Technical Working Group that will introduce the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Vaccine into the State’s Routine Immunisation in the second quarter...