Nigeria to vaccinate 7.7 million girls against leading cause of cervical cancer.
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Women & girls living with female genital mutilation can face serious & lifelong threats to their health & well-being 👇🏾

Countries must accelerate investment to #EndFGM and ALL violence against women.

#Measles is one of the world's most deadly contagious disease. It is spread from person to person by coughing and sneezing, close personal contact or direct contact with infected nasal or throat secretions.

#GetVaccinated

#Measles is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus. It spreads easily when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes. It can cause severe disease, complications, and even death.

#Measles FAQs

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Training of Journalists to build capacity of journalists mental health and capacity of journalists on respectful reporting of mental health issues.
This is organized by WHO Nigeria & the UN Information Centre Abuja to celebrate #WorldMentalHealthDay .

To all my fellow colleagues and friends, a happy and joyous Eid El Maulud

World Health Organization (WHO) convenes an emergency meeting of partners to discuss support to the Government of Nigeria as the Coordinating Minister inaugurate the #Diphtheria Emergency Task Force to halt the spread of the disease that has affected 17 States so far.

World Health Organization (WHO) will continue to support the ERC in its effort to sustain the gains of and maintain polio-free status. W. Kazadi Mulombo

The ERC has made significant progress so far in its enormous commitment of the Government of Nigeria, the leadership of NPHCDA, and GPEI partners for the significant improvement in the quality and impact of the circulating Variant Polio Virus type 2 (cVPV2) outbreak in Nigeria.

#HappeningNow : The 40th Expert Review Committee (ERC) Meeting on #Polio Eradication and Routine Immunization is underway in Abuja.

What is Diphtheria?

#Diphtheria is an acute disease of bacterial origin that can affect the nasopharynx and may lead to obstruction of the airways and potentially, death.

#DYK : Working 55 hours or more per week impacts #WorkersHealth & increases risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Long working hours led to 745,000 deaths from stroke & ischemic heart disease in 2016, a 29% rise since 2000.

Avec le soutien de la Gates Foundation, World Health Organization (WHO) a aidé le Government of Nigeria à engager plus de 3 000 équipes d'urgence contre la #polio , qui ont signalé 6 484 cas de paralysie flasque aiguë (PFA) en 2023. Le pays a réduit de 61 % les cas de poliovirus de type 2 entre juin 2022 & juin 2023.

.World Health Organization (WHO), with the support from the Gates Foundation, has supported the Government of Nigeria to engage over 3000 #polio SURGE team, reporting 6,484 AFP cases in 2023. The Surge has also resulted in a 61% reduction in poliovirus type 2 cases in the country from June 2022 to June 2023.

ALWAYS: seek the advice of a qualified health care professional before taking antibiotics.

REMEMBER: Antibiotics do not treat viral infections, like colds and flu.

With WHO support, children in #Nigeria 🇳🇬 are being protected from poliovirus:
✅ 70% reduction in the number of cVDPV2 notifications in 2023 compared to 2022
✅111,341 zero-dose children reached
✅ 2.5M+ children vaccinated in 18-day vaccine campaign
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This year, WHO celebrates 75 years of commitment to public health 🎉

WHO has been at the forefront of public health successes in the African Region 🌍

#WHO75
#HealthForAll

'The benefits of globalization include: increased market size, increased economic social assistance, higher wages, higher labor standards, more opportunities for employment, easier technology transfer, efficient resource allocation, and Fairer competition.' W. Kazadi Mulombo

'To strengthen the health system, there is need for expanding international cooperation, especially in this era of globalization.' W. Kazadi Mulombo