By Rita Iliya Hajiya Fatima Bago, wife of Niger Governor, on Thursday sensitised the residents on measles rubella vaccine, which would soon be launched in the country in October. The governor’s wife, during the campaign in Minna, said the vaccine would reduce childhood illnesses and maternal deaths. She said thatContinue Reading
Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with global health partners to strengthen routine immunisation in Chad. This is contained in a statement from the Aliko Dangote Foundation and signed by Anthony Chiejina on Tuesday in Abuja. Chiejina said other partners who sealed agreement areContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, Mandate Secretary, Health Services and Environment Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), says new hospitals are underway in the territory to improve access to quality healthcare. Fasawe disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday, during a capacity development training for health managers inContinue Reading
By Ikenna Osuoha The House of Representatives has restated its commitment to optimisation of sustainable immunisation financing model in Nigeria. The Chairman, House Committee on Healthcare Services, Rep. Amos Magaji stated this at a multi-stakeholder’ technical workshop on optimisation of sustainable immunisation financing model in Nigeria, in Abuja onContinue Reading
By Zubairu Idris, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Available statistics from the UNICEF shows that Nigeria accounts for over two million un-immunised children, including zero dose children globally. According to health experts, zero dose children are children that lack access to or were never reached by routine immunisation service providers.Continue Reading
