Health

The government of Nigeria has prohibited the sale of bushmeat as a precaution against the spread of monkeypox in the country.

Nigeria has recorded a total of 21 cases of Monkeypox since the beginning of 2022, one of which died, said the country's disease control agency.

Nigeria: The Anambra Government has confirmed the death of 14 children caused due to the outbreak of measles in nine local government areas of the state. This was disclosed by Dr Afam Obidike, the health commissioner, at a conference held in Awka on Wednesday, 25 May 2022.

During the annual World Menstrual Health and Hygiene Day, some agencies and departments of Nigerian government have launched what they described as a pad bank for female workers.

Belgium, a country in Northwestern Europe, is the first nation to launch compulsory 21-day quarantine for those who catch the fatal monkeypox virus. This announcement came on Sunday, 22 May.

After a report by the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) that a person in England had been found infected with Monkeypox, after travelling back from Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that almost 558 people are diagnosed with the same in 32 states of the country.

The health authorities of the UK have confirmed one case of monkeypox, which is a virus passed on from infected animals like rodents to humans, in someone who recently travelled to Nigeria, where he is believed to have caught it.

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The Medsaf is a supply chain solution for a health care company from Nigeria's upmarket Ikoyi district of Lagos. The company distribute drugs to...