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World AIDS Day, 2022
Today, December 1, 2022, we join the rest of the world to mark World AIDS Day under the theme, “Putting Ourselves to the Test: Achieving Equity to End HIV.” This awareness day remains a time to reflect on our response to HIV/AIDS while honoring the lives of those lost to…
The Nigerian Ministry of Defence and U.S. Department of Defense Host Site Commanders’ and Site Team Leaders’ Meeting to Strengthen Military Healthcare
The 17-year military-to-military partnership between the Nigeria Ministry of Defence (NMOD) Health Implementation Programme (MODHIP) and the U.S. Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa/Nigeria (USAMRD-A/N) has greatly contributed to improving the health of troops, their families, and Nigerian citizens in general. The Permanent Secretary, NMOD, Dr. Ibrahim Kamen made this known…
World Tuberculosis Day, 2022
On Thursday, March 24, the Walter Reed Program Nigeria (WRP-N) joined the rest of the world to commemorate this year’s World Tuberculosis (TB) Day. World TB Day is observed on March 24 every year to raise public awareness and understanding about TB as one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers,…
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.…
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…