Nigeria records new polio cases
Eradication bid suffers setback as three new cases are discovered in Lagos
Embarks of 4-day house-to-house immunisation
Nigeria's polio eradication bid has suffered a major setback following the discovery of…
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Orange, Gavi, Côte d’Ivoire join forces to boost child immunisation
Digital Network operator, Orange, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance are set enter into a partnership with the Côte d'Ivoire Ministry of Health to increase immunisation rates in the regions and districts with the lowest vaccine coverage, it…
Alma Sana, 3 others win US$1m global Healthcare Innovation Award
Nigerian-based project group, Alma Sana, has joined three other organisations to win one million US dollar global Healthcare Innovation Award.
The award came courtesy GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Save the Children. It is the first…
Polio: Africa begins synchronised vaccination campaign
Immunisation activities were stepped up in many states in Nigeria over the weekend as the country joined twelve other African nations to immunise over 116 million targeted children to tackle the last remaining stronghold of polio on the…
Nigeria introduces rotavirus vaccine
Save the Children inaugurates Technical Working Group on introduction
Pilot scheme takes off in Somolu LGA, Lagos in June
Nationwide launch scheduled for 2018
Nigeria took another giant step towards the fight against…
New NPHCDA boss assumes office
Newly-appointed head of National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, has appealed to governors and local government chairmen across the country to emulate the Federal Government in the …
EU supports immunisation in FCT with N188m
The European Union, EU, has supported immunisation of children in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, against polio and other child-killer diseases with 859,147 euros (about N188, 338,000)
EU, through the European Union Support to…
New WHO report ranks Nigeria low in immunisation
• Yet to eliminate tetanus, measles
• Still low in new vaccine introduction
A new report on Africa’s immunisation coverage released by the World health Organisation (WHO) at the just concluded first-ever Ministerial Conference on…
Lagos begins measles immunisation
Amidst news of sporadic outbreak of measles in some parts of the country, the Lagos State Government has commenced immunization against the disease for children aged nine to 59 months.
The exercise which began on Thursday January 28 is…
Nigeria immunises 37 million children
No fewer than 37 million under-five children have been immunized so far in 13 states of the northern part of Nigeria during this month’s round of Sub – National Immunization Days, SIPDs which began on Saturday.
According to a statement…