The Federal Government has integrated malaria vaccine into the national immunization routine, to end $1.1bn annual loss to health crisis. The Minister for Health & Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, at the inaugural meeting of the Advisory on Malaria Elimination in Nigeria (AMEN) held in Abuja, described malaria as not just a health crisis, but also an economic and developmental emergency that must be eliminated.
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians about the circulation of fake malaria drugs, Combiart Dispersible Tablet 20/120mg in the country.
As Nigeria were nearly celebrating a polio-free nation, Type 2 Dry Polio Virus hits Toto LGA of Nasarawa State, this is as over 200,000 girls between the ages of nine and 14 years have been vaccinated against cervical cancer across the 13 LGAs of the state.
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says it has uncovered substandard and unregistered sugar products in Nigerian markets. The FCCPC said the products include smuggled brands from Brazil such as Grupo Moreno, Terous, USI S. Joao, Alvean, and Arapora Bionergia.
The Federal Government (FG) through the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has announced that all Nigerian women in need will now have access to free Cesarean sections (CS).
The United Nations International Children’s Endowment Fund, UNICEF, has raised alarm that approximately 22,000 children in Bauchi State have missed out in routine immunization putting the state at highest risk factor. The UN agency added that the shortfall in Bauchi state has contributed to the ongoing outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV), with Bauchi recording four cases of cVDPV2 in 2024, out of 73 cases recorded nationwide.
