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NCDC develops preparedness plan ahead of Lassa fever peak season
By Ojoma Akor The Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it has developed an Accelerated Readiness Plan ahead of the Lassa…
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Malaria: Local data strategy boosts efforts to reduce prevalence in Nigeria
By Ojoma Akor Nigeria has reduced malaria parasite prevalence from 27 percent in 2015 to 15 percent in 2025, emerging as an exemplar of…
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Experts urge Nigeria to integrate AI across public health, governance
By Ojoma Akor Nigeria could accelerate public health gains, cut costs and improve decision-making by integrating artificial intelligence (AI) across government and other sectors,…
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Nigeria Records Reduction in Inter-State Sample Referrals Through Laboratory Strengthening-IHVN
By Ojoma Akor Nigeria has recorded a sharp reduction in the number of diagnostic samples it moves between states and outside the country for…
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Funding cuts threaten health research as AI offers new opportunities — Experts
By Ojoma Akor Researchers have raised concerns about declining global funding for scientific research, particularly after cuts to United States research grants, but said…
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Nigeria moves to tackle vaccine hesitancy, underreporting of adverse events
By Ojoma Akor Nigeria has intensified efforts to strengthen vaccine safety surveillance and tackle vaccine hesitancy as experts warned that misinformation and underreporting of…
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Nigeria launches vaccine-related events response plan to strengthen safety, public trust
By Ojoma Akor Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), in collaboration with the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), has launched a national…
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IHVN to convene symposium on health funding, AI and Nigeria’s research future
By Ojoma Akor The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) will convene its fourth annual scientific symposium to examine research funding, the impact of…
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Stakeholders Demand Sustained Financing to Tackle Hypertension, NCDs
By Ojoma Akor Stakeholders have called for increased and sustained financing to tackle hypertension and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across Africa. They warned that…
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NAFDAC Begins Enforcement of Ban on Sachet, Small-Bottle Alcohol
By Ojoma Akor The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has intensified nationwide enforcement of the Federal Government’s ban on…