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3 Nov
The African Union Commission (AUC), Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance last week, concluded a three-day forum to outline a pathway towards extensive collaboration in alignment of the tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the organisations in May 2023.      According to a press statement…
19 Oct
The African Union Commission (AUC), Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance last week, concluded a three-day forum to outline a pathway towards extensive collaboration in alignment of the tripartite Memorandum...
3 Aug 2023
Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF) has co-signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) to scale up interventions on routine child immunisation with N150 million. Three states selected for the initiative are: Cross River, Kwara and Ogun. NSSF Chief Executive Officer, Dr Fejiro Chinye-Nwoko, said the partnership is expected to…
19 Jul 2023
• Additional 35.2m children at risk of measles infection Global immunisation services reached four million more children in 2022 compared to the previous year, as countries stepped up efforts to address the historic slide in immunisation caused by COVID-19. “But Africa, which is lagging behind in its recovery, faces extra challenge. With increasing child population,…
6 Jul 2023
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said 189,310 children in the South-West geopolitical zone lacked access to routine immunisation from January to June 2023.
28 Apr 2023
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) have concluded arrangements to immunise at least 930,000 children in Nigeria yearly in to cover the children who missed routine immunisation as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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