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The Federal Government, in partnership with the European Union (EU) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), has launched a €4.2 million programme to strengthen Nigeria’s public health institutions and improve disease outbreak preparedness. Speaking at the inauguration in Abuja on Monday, Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, said the initiative, known as EU Support to Public Health Institutes in Nigeria (EU SPIN), would run for four years and be implemented by WHO in collaboration with the…

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, has identified malaria as a major illness affecting malnourished children in Nigeria, underscoring a dangerous cycle that threatens child survival. Dr Alibaba Nuraddeen, Acting Medical Team Leader with MSF in Katsina, made this known while speaking to journalists to mark World Malaria Day 2026. He said malaria ranked among the top three diseases treated in the organisation’s Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centres (ITFCs) in 2025,…

The Lagos State Government says investigations into the death of twin infants after routine immunisation at a primary healthcare centre have found no connection between the vaccines administered and the fatalities. Dr Ibrahim Mustafa, Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Primary Health Care Board, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Sunday, citing preliminary findings from the government’s inquiry. According to him, toxicology and post-mortem analyses conducted so far show no evidence…

The Cross River State Government has confirmed a new case of COVID-19 in the state, marking a fresh development years after the last reported infection. The State Commissioner for Health, Henry Ayuk, disclosed this on Tuesday during a press conference in Calabar. According to Ayuk, the case involves a 53-year-old Chinese national employed by Lafarge, who arrived in Nigeria on March 17 before falling ill. The commissioner explained that the patient’s condition deteriorated while receiving care at a state facility,…