The federal government has begun cardiopulmonary resuscitation, basic life support, and automated external defibrillator training for its health ministry staff.
UNAIDS, the UN agency leading the global effort to end HIV/AIDS worldwide, gave the commendation in a statement on Thursday.
The Ekiti government has received 80,500 doses of livestock vaccines from the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development to prevent and control transboundary animal diseases.
Anambra has taken delivery of its allocated vaccines under the L-PRES project for mass vaccination of livestock against major transboundary animal diseases in Nigeria.
Some residents of Gwagwalada council in Abuja have expressed concern over the growing heaps of refuse on the Zuba-Gwagwalada expressway.
The federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to preventing avoidable blindness and strengthening inclusive eye health services across Nigeria.
Former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has urged 206 foreign-trained newly inducted Nigerian nurses to apply knowledge acquired abroad to strengthen Nigeria’s health sector.
An estimated 230 million girls and women globally have been subjected to FGM.
The foot-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious viral disease affecting cloven-hoofed animals such as cattle, sheep and goats.
The chairman said that vaccines remained one of the most reliable public health interventions globally.
