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  By Franca Ofili The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released 16 million dollars from the WHO Contingency Fund for Emergencies to tackle cholera.   Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said this during an online news conference.   Ghebreyesus said that the organisation was providing essential supplies, coordinating the onContinue Reading

  By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday offered free surgical interventions to 14 patients and donated items including cash to indigent patients at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH).   The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the intervention and humanitarian gestureContinue Reading

  By Folasade Akpan The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Nigeria, says it has deployed 9.3 million doses of diphtheria vaccines to affected states as support to the Federal Government to help combat the outbreak. A statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, by UNICEF’s Communication Assistant, Nchekwube Nwosu-Igbo, said thatContinue Reading