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UN health agency working to boost malaria prevention and control in north-eastern Nigeria

Aug 08, 2017, at 01:08 pm

New York, Aug 8(Just Earth News): The United Nations health agency estimates that if more funds are secured, up to 10,000 lives in Nigeria could be saved by November through targeted steps in malaria prevention and control.

'Immediate action' needed as millions in north-eastern Nigeria face food insecurity – UN

Nov 25, 2016, at 06:01 am

New York, Nov 24 (Just Earth News): Warning that ongoing unrest and rising inflation have left more than five million people in restive north-east Nigeria facing acute food insecurity, the United Nations agriculture agency on Thursday appealed for $25 million through May 2017 to support irrigated vegetable production and micro-gardening in the dry season, as well as rebuild livestock systems.

UNICEF gears up to vaccinate 41 million children after polio outbreak in north-eastern Nigeria

Oct 12, 2016, at 03:00 pm

New York, Oct 12 (Just Earth News): More than 41 million children are expected to get vaccinations against polio as part of a major new health campaign by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the Lake Chad basin, aimed at the recent outbreak of polio in north-east Nigeria.

UN rapporteur calls for urgent action to protect hundreds of thousands of displaced people in north-eastern Nigeria

Aug 30, 2016, at 01:33 pm

New York, Aug 30 (Just Earth News): Speaking at the end of a four-day visit to Nigeria, the United Nations expert on internally displaced persons (IPDs) has called on the country’s authorities and the international community to act urgently to ensure that the hundreds of thousands of displaced people in its northeast are protected.