Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Location

Africa CDC declares end to Mpox as continental health emergency

Nigeria, Jan. 23 -- Africa has lifted Mpox as a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS) following recommendations from the Emergency Consultative Group of the Africa Centres for Diseas... Read More


Dengue Fever: Nigeria records two deaths, 735 suspected cases in 2025- NCDC

Nigeria, Jan. 23 -- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 735 suspected cases of dengue fever across five states between January and November 2025, with two confirm... Read More


Dengue Fever: Nigeria records two deaths, 735 suspected cases in 2025 - NCDC

Nigeria, Jan. 23 -- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 735 suspected cases of dengue fever across five states between January and November 2025, with two confirm... Read More


Lassa Fever: Nigeria records 1,148 confirmed cases, 215 deaths in 2025

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- The Nigerian government has said the country recorded 1,148 confirmed cases and 215 deaths of Lassa fever across 22 states from epidemiological week one to week 52 of 2025. This w... Read More


Candidate Lassa fever vaccine enters human trials as global health partners outline plans for Nigeria

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- A candidate vaccine for Lassa fever has entered its first human trials in the United Kingdom, raising hopes for improved prevention of a disease that continues to cause recurrent o... Read More


JOHESU Strike: TUC gives federal govt seven-day ultimatum to withdraw 'no work, no pay' order

Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to withdraw its 'no work, no pay' circular, which af... Read More


Health workers insist nationwide strike continues despite 'no work, no pay' order

Nigeria, Jan. 14 -- The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has directed its members to continue their ongoing industrial action, despite a federal government directive enforcing the 'no work, no pay'... Read More


Lassa fever fatality rate rises in 2025 despite decline in cases - NCDC

Nigeria, Jan. 7 -- Nigeria recorded 206 deaths from Lassa fever in 2025 as of epidemiological week 51, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). Despite a decline in ... Read More


Resident doctors to resume indefinite strike on 12 January

Nigeria, Jan. 4 -- The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced plans to resume its Total, Indefinite and Complete Strike (TICS 2.0) from 12 January, citing the federal government... Read More


Measles: Nigeria records 26,866 suspected cases, 153 deaths in 2025 - NCDC

Nigeria, Dec. 24 -- Nigeria recorded 26,866 suspected measles cases and 153 deaths between January and November 2025, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). The fi... Read More