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…
