Over 150 frontline health workers from all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have undergone intensive ...

The UN Children’s Fund says Nigeria has the second-highest number of cases of cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa. UNICEF Regional Director for ...

“The risk of widespread outbreaks is real, especially as climate shocks intensify,” said Dr Alex Gasasira, Acting WHO Country ...

The UN Children’s Fund has revealed that Nigeria currently holds the position as the second-most affected country by cholera ...

The Japanese government on Thursday pledged assistance of three million dollars to Nigeria to combat the cholera epidemic in the country.Mr Suzuki Hideo, Japanese Ambassador-Designate to Nigeria ...

More than 350 people have died from cholera in Nigeria in the first nine months of this year, a 239% jump from the same period last year, data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC ...

A cholera outbreak has hit Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, already reeling from floods that displaced nearly 2 million people, an official said on Friday.

Recent deadly floods in Nigeria, which have killed over 600 people and displaced 1 million more, have led to a major increase in cholera cases and other preventable diseases, warns the International ...

Authorities in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos have issued a public health warning after confirming a “highly aggressive and contagious” cholera strain that has killed 15 people in the ...

At least 1.4 million people uprooted by Boko Haram's insurgency in northeast Nigeria are living in 'cholera hotspots', prey to an outbreak of the deadly disease which is sweeping through camps for ...

The Nigerian Medical Association is raising alarm about the spread of waterborne diseases in Nigeria, after historic flooding killed over 600 people and left over 200,000 homes partially or ...

THE United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Nigeria has the second highest cases of cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa.UNICEF regional director for West and Central Africa, Gilles ...