The Katsina government says it is strengthening family planning services and access to contraceptive commodities to reduce maternal and child mortality.
The federal government on Tuesday inaugurated a strategic veterinary vaccine cold storage facility in Agege, Lagos, with a capacity to store about 40 million doses.
DR Congo has confirmed 8,067 Ebola cases and 3,901 deaths as violence and insecurity in the Ituri Province disrupt humanitarian efforts, displacing thousands of individuals.
Cholera cases in Sudan have slightly declined in recent weeks following increased humanitarian efforts to contain the outbreak, OCHA said.
The lawmaker said improving the well-being of his constituents remained one of his top priorities.
World Heart Day is an annual global observance commemorated on September 29.
The outbreak, declared in May, has become the largest and deadliest Ebola outbreak recorded in the DRC and the second largest globally, after the 2014–2016 West Africa epidemics.
The Society for Family Health (SFH) handed over its integratE project to the Kano State government.
The association said the move would strengthen rabies surveillance and the state’s One Health response.
VCN identified limited funds, inadequate collaboration, dearth of workforce, and inadequate facilities and vaccines as major impediments to rabies eradication in the country.
