child health

Lagos to Begin Measles-Rubella Vaccination Rollout January 2026 Health officials launch measles-rubella vaccination campaign in Nasarawa State Nigeria

Health officials launch measles-rubella vaccination campaign in Nasarawa State Nigeria

Lagos to Begin Measles-Rubella Vaccination Rollout January 2026

Korede Abdullah October 17, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Government has announced plans to commence the Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination across...

Benue Launches Measles-Rubella Drive, Targets 2.6m Children Statewide Benue state

Benue state

Benue Launches Measles-Rubella Drive, Targets 2.6m Children Statewide

Korede Abdullah October 17, 2025

MAKURDI, Nigeria – The Benue State Government has launched a Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign, aiming to immunise 2.6...

Gates Foundation Urges Parents to Vaccinate Children Against Measles-Rubella Nigerian parents urged to vaccinate children with Measles-Rubella vaccine

Nigerian parents urged to vaccinate children with Measles-Rubella vaccine

Gates Foundation Urges Parents to Vaccinate Children Against Measles-Rubella

Juliet Jacob October 15, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Nigeria has urged parents to vaccinate their children...

WHO Warns India Over Toxic Syrups Killing Children Nationwide WHO scientist examines mosquito samples amid chikungunya outbreak

WHO scientist examines mosquito samples amid chikungunya outbreak

WHO Warns India Over Toxic Syrups Killing Children Nationwide

Korede Abdullah October 14, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a global medical alert after discovering contaminated...

The Girl Who Carried Her Mother’s Secret A young girl in a faded blue dress sits on a wooden bench outside a mud-walled house, her back turned to the camera, with a small notebook beside her

A young girl in a faded blue dress sits on a wooden bench outside a mud-walled house, her back turned to the camera, with a small notebook beside her

The Girl Who Carried Her Mother’s Secret

Mirian Gom October 12, 2025

BENUE, Nigeria – In the quiet traditional district of Shagev-Yav, nestled within Kwande Local Government Area of...

Kwara Launches 10-Day Vaccination Drive for Children’s Protection Kwara state

Kwara state

Kwara Launches 10-Day Vaccination Drive for Children’s Protection

Korede Abdullah October 11, 2025

KWARA, Nigeria – The Kwara State Government begins a 10-day vaccination campaign to immunise over 1.8 million...

Kano Launches Landmark Measles-Rubella Drive, Targets Every Child Kano governor Abba Kabir Yusuf addresses morality bill approval

Kano governor Abba Kabir Yusuf addresses morality bill approval

Kano Launches Landmark Measles-Rubella Drive, Targets Every Child

Hussaini Ibrahim October 7, 2025

KANO, Nigeria – The Kano State Government has launched a landmark Measles-Rubella (MR) Integrated Campaign, aiming to...

Nasarawa to Vaccinate 1.3m Children Against Measles, Rubella Health officials launch measles-rubella vaccination campaign in Nasarawa State Nigeria

Health officials launch measles-rubella vaccination campaign in Nasarawa State Nigeria

Nasarawa to Vaccinate 1.3m Children Against Measles, Rubella

Hussaini Ibrahim October 4, 2025

LAFIA, Nigeria – The Nasarawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency has launched a mass vaccination campaign targeting...

Sokoto to Vaccinate 2m Children Against Measles, Polio Child receives polio drops during vaccination campaign in Sokoto State

Child receives polio drops during vaccination campaign in Sokoto State

Sokoto to Vaccinate 2m Children Against Measles, Polio

Mirian Gom October 3, 2025

Sokoto, Nigeria – The Sokoto State Government will begin a 10-day vaccination campaign on October 6 to...

Malnutrition Crisis: One in Three Nigerian Children at Risk – NARD Resident doctors in Oyo hospital resume duty after suspended strike

Resident doctors in Oyo hospital resume duty after suspended strike

Malnutrition Crisis: One in Three Nigerian Children at Risk – NARD

Mirian Gom October 2, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has sounded the alarm that more than...