UNICEF has issued an urgent appeal for nearly $59 million to support efforts to halt the rapid spread of mpox in six African countries including Burundi, where youngsters have been impacted the most.
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The Kaduna State Primary Health Care Board (SPHCB) and UNICEF are taking plausible steps to scale up ‘Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS)’, in the state to prevent anaemia.
To eliminate open defecation by 2030, Nigeria urgently needs to install 20 million new toilets, according to UNICEF’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Chief, Jane Bevan.
While COVID exposed the urgency of ensuring that Africa, through Gavi’s African Vaccine Initiative, can manufacture vaccines, the current mpox…
One in four children under five in Shinkafi and Zurmi local government areas of Zamfara State, are malnourished, according to…
The Katsina state government and the United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF), have procured N400 million worth Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), for treatment of malnutrition in children in the state.
With the number of new mpox cases continuing to rise, and many more potentially undetected, African countries affected by the…
The recent resurgence of diphtheria in the Tukur-Tukur community in Zaria serves as an urgent clarion call for public health…
The World Health Organisation (NAN) has given the green light to Gavi and UNICEF to proceed with procurement of vaccines for prevention of outbreaks especially Monkey-pox (Mpox) pending the EUL decision
The resurgence of diphtheria in Nigeria, notably marked by alarming reports regarding the outbreak in the Tukur-Tukur community of Zaria…