As the country continues to record more cases of COVID-19, experts urge the government to intensify efforts on research for local remedies.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has inaugurated a biorepository in Lagos to collect, catalog and store samples of biological materials for laboratory research.

A Nutrition Manager with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Kano Field Office, Elhaji Diop, says maternal breastfeeding decreases the risk of breast cancer.

Akwa Ibom is driving Nigeria’s latest COVID-19 surge as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms 517 additional infections between Aug. 6 and Aug.11, 2022.

The Federal Government says that there are no short-shelf doses of COVID-19 vaccine donations in the country.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged stakeholders to prioritize maternally, infant, and child nutrition intervention at the community level and engage skilled health workers to support mothers to breastfeed optimally.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says monkeypox infections continue to rise globally, with more than 35,000 cases across 92 countries and territories, and 12 deaths.

No fewer than 200 health workers drawn from 60 public health facilities including the State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), 15 General Hospitals and 44 Primary Health Care Centres have been trained to provide breast and cervical cancer screening for citizens in their facilities.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has highlighted the need to support millions facing starvation and disease in the Horn of Africa.

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has trained leaders of various unions and organizations on requisite strategies to curb the spread of COVID-19 infection through testing and vaccination.

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has awarded a contract for the first ever supply of a malaria vaccine to GSK with a value of up to 170 million dollars.

A group, the High-Level Women Advocate (HILWA), in collaboration with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has begun training 200 female principals, head teachers and teachers in Katsina State on menstrual hygiene management.

The Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Dr George Moghalu, has deployed a new ambulance boat to the Lagos area office to enhance search and rescue.

World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on the global community to invest in the production of vaccines to curb the spread of Monkeypox, especially in African countries.

A Professor of Virology, Sunday Omilabu, has urged the Federal Government to put efforts in place to aquire smallpox vaccines in the fight against monkeypox.

UN agencies and others on Monday formed a global alliance to prevent new HIV infections and ensure that by 2030 all HIV-positive children can get access to lifesaving treatment.