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Cholera in Nigeria's Flood Season: The ₦200 Sachet That Saves a Life — and the Mixing Mistake That Costs One
Most diseases give you time. Cholera does not. A healthy adult can wake up well, start passing watery stool by afternoon, and be in life-threatening dehydration before the day ends. The World Health Organization puts it …
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Diphtheria Is Back in Nigeria: The Signs Every Parent Must Know — and the Free Vaccine That Prevents It
Most Nigerian parents have never seen a case of diphtheria. That was the point — it is one of the diseases the childhood …
Sourced: NCDC · WHO · WHO AFRO · Gavi · Nigerian press reports 2025–2026
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Malaria or Typhoid? Why That 'Double' Diagnosis Is Often Wrong — a Pharmacist Explains the Widal-Test Problem
You know the scene. Someone runs a fever, feels weak, loses appetite. They go to a chemist or lab, do a quick test, and …
Sourced: Malawi Med. J. 2023 · Am. J. Microbiol. Res. · Nigeria Health Watch · PLOS One 2024 · Dartmouth review
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How to Tell If Your Medicine Is Fake in Nigeria: A Pharmacist's 5-Minute Check
Fake medicines are having a frightening moment in Nigeria. In September 2025, NAFDAC announced the seizure of 277 …
Sourced: J. Pharm. Policy Pract. 2024 · WHO 2024 · NAFDAC · GS1 Nigeria
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