Nigeria’s Ihekweazu to head new WHO pandemic data-driven hub in Germany
Sept 2, 2021 The World Health Organization (WHO) says Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), will head its newly-inaugurated Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence based…
Nigeria’s Ihekweazu Appointed Assistant DG Of WHO
September 1, 2021 The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has been appointed as the Assistant Director General of Health Emergency Intelligence at the…
COVID-19: Nigeria Kicks Off Phase Two Vaccination Exercise
August 16, 2021 The Federal Government on Monday commenced the administration of new vaccines marking the start of the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination programme. This is coming days…
Cholera outbreak: NCDC urges state govts to strengthen WASH
Aug. 10, 2021 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), says there is urgent need for states to strengthen Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) following the outbreak of cholera in…
Akwa Ibom hotbed as NCDC confirms 32 COVID-19 Delta Variant cases, advises against travelling to affected States
August 3, 2021 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed Thirty-two Delta variant cases of COVID-19 in five states across the country. The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr…
Six states record I,786 cases of cholera in 6 days
July 10, 2021 Six states reported 1,786 suspected cases of cholera between June 20 and June 26, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said in Abuja on Saturday. NCDC…
FG receives donation of PPEs worth $8m from UNICEF
May 29, 2021 The Federal Government on Friday received eight million dollar worth of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and medical consumables from the United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria….
COVID-19: Why states were directed to halt vaccination halfway – FG
The Federal Government has explained why it asked all states administering the COVID-19 vaccine to stop the exercise the moment they used half of the doses allocated to them.Minister of…
Cholera: NCDC monitoring situation in 8 states for suspected cases – DG
The national multi-agency cholera Technical Working Group (TWG) at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is monitoring situation in eight states, were there are reports of suspected cholera cases….
NCDC confirms bird flu outbreak in 7 Northern states
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed reported human cases of Avian Influenza H5N1 also called “Bird flu” Kano, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger States. The…