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Download logoOn November 29, 2021, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) donated $3.3 million in commodities to the Nigeria Federal

Response to the coronavirus pandemic notwithstanding, data indicate that there has been an increase in annual tuberculosis (TB) case notification due to strategic intervention by the National Tuberculosis, Buruli Ulcer and Leprosy Control Program (NTBLCP), in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) and other stakeholders working on TB control and elimination in Nigeria.  For instance, in 2020 a total of 138,591 cases were notified;15 % higher compared to 106,533 and 120,266cases notified in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Also, comparing first quarters of 2019, 2020, 2021 case notific...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Soren Brostrom, Head of the Danish Health Administration confirmed this Wednesday. Brostrom, however, told the media at a conference in Copenhagen that the vaccination campaign will continue. On March 11, the country temporarily suspended the AstraZeneca shot as a precautionary measure. The action followed isolated severe cases of blood clots and suspected deaths. The European Medicines Agency and the World Health Organization (WHO) insist the dose by the British-Swedish remains safe. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), the National Agency for Food, Dru...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Nigeria has been ranked first in Africa and the sixth globally among the 30 high tuberculosis, TB, burden countries of the world. According to estimates from WHO global report 2020, tuberculosis kills 18 Nigerians every hour, 47 Nigerians develop active TB every hour, while 7 of them are children. About 150,000 Nigerians were estimated to have died from tuberculosis in 2019, according to a global tuberculosis report, 2020. These figures were made public at a virtual seminar organized for media men in Ekiti and Ondo States by the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy C...