Governor AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman of Kwara state says the state has achieved and sustained its polio-free status for the past five months across the 16 local government areas. AbdulRahman, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Kayode Alabi, disclosed this on Thursday in Ilorin, during the flag-off of the February round of the national immunization plus […]
The Enugu State Government has said that it recorded 100 per cent success in the just-concluded Sub-National Immmisation Plus Days meant for polio vaccination. Dr George Ugwu, the Executive Secretary of Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Saturday. READ ALSO: […]
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has given an assurance that Nigeria remains committed and focused on finding sustainable ways of financing her immunisation and vaccination obligations. The president gave the assurance when he received in audience members of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) led by Dr Seth Berkley at the State House, […]
…Gates, Dangote, UNICEF laud Yobe on RI progress In its quest to be certified a polio-free nation, six governors from the northern part of the country have signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen routine immunisation (RI) and polio eradication. The six Northern states are Bauchi, Borno, Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto and Yobe. The […]
The Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwanu Suleiman Adamu has emphasized the need for ward heads to always accompany house to house teams during immunisation plus days to avoid non compliance by households. The Emir’s call came as circulating vaccine derived polio virus type 2 has been confirmed in Bauchi local government area of the state. […]
The reality of a life of integrity is a mirage in any country where the majority of the people have been sentenced to a life of poverty. To ensure that the people of Nigeria live happily, honestly and decently the Government shall harness the resources and promote national prosperity by controlling the national economy. Accordingly, […]
. . . Vaccine saves lives As part of efforts to reduce Nigeria’s high under-five deaths, mothers have been urged to bring out their children for immunisation against measles as the Lagos State 2018 Measles vaccination campaign begins today. The vaccination campaign will hold between 15 and 29 March, 2018, in all health facilities in […]
Stakeholders in the Nigeria Health sector have described the 2018 budget proposal already presented to a joint sitting of the National Assembly as poor and called for an increase to at least 7.5%. The stakeholders lamented that no provision have been made for the Basic Health Care Provision Fund, (BHCPF) in the 2018 budget proposal […]
Kogi state government has released N91 million counterpart funds for implementation of all health intervention programmes to facilitate partners’ activities in the state. The governor disclosed this in Lokoja at the inauguration of second round of Maternal, Newborn & Child Health Week (MNCHW), free healthcare services for women and children between six and 59 years. […]
Efforts to end polio and other killer diseases among children may not yield results if thousands of children still could not be vaccinated against these killers diseases despite all efforts put in. The National Immunization Coverage Survey (NICS) released yesterday in Abuja by National primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) noted that 1 in 3 children […]
Experts within the sector of the routine immunisation have advocated for Public Private Partnership (PPP) with telecommunication firms and Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC) Coca-Cola to fund routine immunisation in Bauchi State. The stakeholders envisaged that the funding was in line with the global polio end game strategic plan 2013 to 2018, which is aimed to […]
Sierra Leone marked the 54th anniversary of its independence on Monday by setting out a four-point “post-Ebola plan” to put the devastated country on the road to recovery from the deadly epidemic. Almost 4 000 deaths have been registered since the epidemic spread from Guinea a year ago, although health authorities admit the real toll […]