Nigeria’s top health official has issued a renewed call for universal childhood immunisation, stressing that access to vaccines is a right every child should enjoy, regardless of their location or background. Dr Muyi Aina, Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), said on Sunday that immunisation remains one of the safest…
The House of Representatives has tasked the Federal Ministry of Health, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency with enforcing mandatory diphtheria immunisation across the country. This resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Rep. Bitrus Laori (PDP–Adamawa) during plenary on…
Bayelsa has recorded a 98 per cent coverage in the first round of the 2025 National Immunisation Plus Days (NIPDs) programme conducted from the May 3 to May 6. Mr Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, deputy governor of the state, disclosed this during a meeting of the state’s taskforce on immunisation in Yenagoa on Wednesday. He said that…
Yobe Government says it has intensified immunisation campaigns across the state to curb the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Muhammad Gana disclosed this during a Media Dialogue and Field Mission to commemorate the 2025 African Vaccination Week and World Immunization Week on Tuesday in Damaturu. He said the…
As the 2025 Polio Immunisation Outbreak Response (OBR) entered its second day in Sokoto State, stakeholders monitoring the exercise across three local lovernment areas have expressed optimism for a successful outcome. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four-day campaign, which began on Saturday will run through Wednesday. It aims to immunise children…
GAVI and UNICEF have called on Niger Government to sustain the level of immunisation awareness among residents and quality of primary healthcare system in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that UNICEF is the founding partner of the GAVI Alliance, especially on the vaccine immunisation for children. Gavi and UNICEF programme has…
As the world commemorates the 2024 World Immunisation Day on November 10, the U N said the day is celebrated to spread awareness about the benefits of vaccination and how it can prevent diseases in the long run. The UN reminded us that vaccinations are essential for preventing and managing infectious disease outbreaks. “The vaccines are…
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has distributed 163 motorcycles to health workers for effective converge of routine immunisation against child killer diseases in the state. The UNICEF Chief of Kano Field Office, Mr Rahama Mohammed-Farah, said this at the launch of Coordination Centre for Routine Immunisation, an incinerator and distribution of the motorcycles on Monday…
Experts, government officials, and civil society organizations (CSOs) gathered at the Peer Learning and Capacity Building Workshop in Abuja on Monday to strategise on enhancing childhood immunisation programmes in Guinea and South Sudan. The workshop, organised by the Vaccine Network for Disease Control (VNDC), focused on the Promoting Rotavirus Vaccine and Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV)…
The United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF) says immunisation is an essential right of every Nigerian child in preventing life threatening diseases and infection. Celine Lafoucriere, Chief UNICEF Field Officer, South-West, Nigeria, said this at a two-day media dialogue on routine immunisation on Wednesday in Lagos. Lafoucriere said that 2.3 million children had yet to receive…
