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EXCLUSIVE: Immunization: We thought our children will become ‘mumu’ imbeciles – Mothers recount

Ihesiulo Grace 11 November 2022 0

DOOSUUR IWAMBE in this report give the account of parents who initially rejected immunization due to ignorance, thinking that their children will come down with complications from the vaccines but changed their mind after sensitization by health workers. Eight-year-old Halima Tanko went to bed

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Vaccine preventable diseases: Key role of Traditional Birth Attendants, the unsung heroes

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2019 0

Mrs Mojisola Shotola is a Government trained traditional birth attendant (TBA) with over 40 years of experience and a force to be reckoned with, in the fight against polio and other vaccine preventable diseases in her community. According to Mrs. Shotola, she has mothers to deliver about eight to ten babies every month. “I help […]

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Obiano warns immunisation workers against collection of tips

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2019 0

Anambra state Governor, Willie Obiano, has warned health workers participating in the routine immunization campaigns against collecting tips from residents. Gov. Obiano gave the warning during the one-day sensitisation/engagement meeting for measles second dose vaccination held on Monday in Awka. Head of Department, Immunisation and Disease Control, Anambra state Primary

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Nigeria: Govt adopts new approach to immunize more children in Bayelsa

Ihesiulo Grace 8 November 2019 0

In renewed efforts, not to leave any child needlessly exposed to vaccine-preventable diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the authorities in Bayelsa State are seeing a marked improvement in immunization coverage in the State. This follows the adoption of innovative approaches to reach all children even those living along its hazardous creeks and remote […]

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Achieving polio eradication in Nigeria: Prospect and challenges

Ihesiulo Grace 21 June 2018 0

For more than two decades, polio had continue to constitute an intractable challenge to global public health and indeed the African Region. Polio was endemic in most countries in the African Region in the 1990s, with 12,000 cases reported each year in the Region. The virus was resilient and intimidating. In 2008, the World Health […]

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Polio: 6 Govs, Northern monarchs okay partnership with Dangote, Gates

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2018 0

In a bid to get Nigeria certified polio free, six states in the Northern Nigeria and prominent royal fathers from the region have renewed their commitment to delivering life-saving vaccines to their children through routine immunization, as part of their partnerships with the Dangote Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other developmental partners […]

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Revealed: 57.3 million people suffer annually from malaria

Ihesiulo Grace 22 March 2018 0

The World Health Organisation, WHO, has revealed that Malaria remains the leading killer disease around the world with a total of 57.3 million people being infested annually with the mosquito-borne infectious disease. A representative of the WHO Dr. Rex Mpazanje who spoke on Thursday in Abuja during a two-day conference on capacity building for health […]

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In Sokoto, Gates, Dangote, 6 Govs sign MoU on immunization

Ihesiulo Grace 22 March 2018 0

A renowned philanthropist, Mr Bill Gates, a business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and six Governors on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on improved access to immunization across Northern Nigeria. Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal was joined by four other States Governors: Kashim Shettima (Borno); Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano); Muhammed Abubakar (Bauchi)

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Enugu Govt current in payment of counterpart funds – WHO

Ihesiulo Grace 13 March 2018 0

The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed Enugu State among states in the country that are up to date in their payment of counterpart funds for the immunization of children against childhood killer diseases. Speaking during the flag-off ceremony of measles immunization campaign at Uwani Cottage Hospital, Enugu, which was performed by the Enugu State […]

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Ambode’s wife presents gifts to first babies of 2018

Ihesiulo Grace 1 January 2018 0

…Says routine immunization, post-natal care critical for newborn Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs Bolanle on Monday underscored the importance of routine immunization and post-natal care for the survival and growth of newborns, saying it was important for nursing mothers to pay greater attention to the health of their children. She also advised expectant mothers

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Monkey pox: Rivers schools deserted over immunization scare

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

*Army debunks rumour *APC says immunization scare orchestrated by Wike Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt Fear, pandemonium held sway in public schools in Rivers State on Tuesday as parents stormed the state primary and secondary schools to pick their children and wards over rumours that the army was forcefully injecting Monkey pox virus into the pupils […]