

Healing the mental scars of violence in northeastern Nigeria
WHO/C. Onuekwe Umar Musami, Psychiatrist, Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital looking at medication for mental disorders in Bakass Camp in...


On the trail of Lassa fever in southern Nigeria
Nafissa Ikerodah is both a detective and diplomat of sorts. On a Saturday morning in early March, the Disease Surveillance Officer in Edo...


Historic yellow fever vaccination campaigns launched in Brazil and Nigeria
This week the governments of Brazil and Nigeria launched mass immunization campaigns to protect people against yellow fever. With support...


Nigeria: 2017 - Sad Year in Nigeria's Health Sector - Over 1,000 Die From Preventable Diseases
Nigeria started 2017 with the news of outbreak of Meningitis which lasted for months and was followed by other rare and uncommon...


Tackling malaria and polio in north-eastern Nigeria
In Nigeria’s Borno State, malaria is currently claiming more lives than all other diseases combined. Children under the age of 5 are...
