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National Malaria Slide Bank Project Advocacy Visit to Benue State
A joint team from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), and the Ministry of Defence Health Implementation Programme (NMOD-HIP) paid a courtesy visit to the Benue State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Joseph Ngbea, and…
New Lassa Vaccine Trial in Nigeria
The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) was awarded €22.8 million by the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to conduct a Phase IIb clinical trial of IAVI’s Lassa fever vaccine candidate among adults and children in Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.…
The national consolidated service delivery guidelines on HIV and STIs for key populations in Nigeria
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) launched a national consolidated service delivery guideline on HIV and STIs for key populations in Nigeria. These guidelines outline a public health response to HIV and STI for the key populations in Nigeria. The launch, chaired by the Director General of…
Handover of AFRICOM-Supported COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment to the Nigerian Military
The United States Department of Defense (DoD), through the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth $144,000 to support COVID-19 prevention in military and civilian medical facilities in Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Akwa-Ibom, and Cross River states. Ceremonial handover these PPEs to the Nigerian military took place on…
Walter Reed Program-Nigeria celebrates 15 years of successful partnership with the Nigerian Ministry of Defence Health Implementation Programme
The U.S. Department of Defense’s Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and the Nigerian Ministry of Defense (NMOD) Health Implementation Program (MODHIP) celebrate 15 years of a successful partnership in 2020. The partnership which is dedicated to Nigerian military health and increasing knowledge that impacts global health outcomes, staged…