Tag: immunisation
Fake news deadlier than disease – Agwale
For over 30 years, more than 80 per cent of Nigerian children have benefited from routine immunisation. If vaccines were…
Kano community embraces polio vaccination
"I must confess to you that every child who is suppose to get polio immunisation is being brought forward for…
Kate Henshaw monitors immunization in Bauchi, gives verdict
Speaking at a news conference on the sideline of her field trip with UNICEF ‘D’ Field Office in Bauchi, Henshaw…
Yobe to sustain immunisation coverage
Yobe Government on Monday says it will remain committed to maintain the lead as best performing state rating on Routine…
Abia Govt. launches ‘Remind Me’ for immunisation coverage
Abia Government in partnership with William Coley Hub Africa has launched a programme that would provide an automated reminder for…
Polio: Katsina State council immunises 60,989 children
No fewer than 60,989 children under five years were immunised against polio in Maiadua Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Polio: Lagos Sets For Implementation Of Four-Day Immunization Campaign
The Lagos State Government will on Friday, 27th April commence the implementation of 4-day campaign against Poliomyelitis (National Immunization Plus…
LG targets 181,129 children for immunisation in April
The Kumbotso Local Government Council in Kano State says no fewer than 181,129 children has been targeted for immunisation in…
Local Govt. targets 50,117 children for polio immunisation
Zango Local Government Area in Katsina State says it has targeted 50, 117 children aged between 0 and 49 months…
Sokoto: Access to immunization increase by 1000 percent
Sokoto State Government said it has increased access to immunization by more a thousand fold, from a meagre 2.5% in…
Measles: Monarchs appeal to subjects to immunise children against disease
The Enugu State Traditional Rulers’ Council has appealed to their subjects to comply in the ongoing immunisation of children against…
Immunisation a cost effective way to prevent diseases – Health Officer
Mr David Onyewuchi, an official of Imo State Ministry of Health, has described immunisation as the easiest, safest and cheapest…
Kano state to strengthen maternal health practices, immunisation
The Kano State Government has pledged to develop a strategic plan for strengthening maternal health and routine immunisation in the…
Measles: 701,767 children undergo immunisation in FCT
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Primary Health Care Development Board says it has immunised 701,767 children against measles in the…
Immunisation: 736,000 doses of vaccines ready for in Ogun – Commissioner
Dr Babatunde Ipaye, the Ogun Commissioner for Health, has said that the state government had procured 736,000 doses of vaccines…
Bill Gates, Dangote pledge more support to immunisation in Yobe
Mr Bill Gates, the Chairman, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman, Dangote Foundation, pledged to support…
Immunisation takes place in all parts of Borno after many years of insurgency
For the first time in many years, child immunisation is taking place in all the local government areas of Borno.
Kano Govt targets 3.2m children for immunisation
The Kano State Government says it is targeting about 3.2 million children below the age of five for its polio…
Imo state records 68% drop in immunisation rate -WHO
Immunisation rate in Imo State has dropped by 68 percent, a report by the World Health Organisation has indicated. Dr…
Expert advises parents on prompt immunisation for children
A Peadiatric Doctor, Juliet Ochi, has urged parents and caregivers to always take their children and wards for immunisation on…
Polio: FCT targets 900,000 children for immunisation
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Primary Health Care Development Board, says it is targeting 900,000 children to be immunised against…
Girl Child Day: Federal government tasked on immunisation
In commemoration of the Girl Child Day; the Community Health and Research Initiative (CHR), an NGO, has appealed to the…
Council Constitutes 91 Teams For Immunisation Against Measles
The KafinHausa Local Government Council of Jigawa, on Monday, said that it had constituted 91 teams to immunise children against…
Immunisation: Sokoto Govt, UNICEF Adopts New Strategies
Sokoto State Government and the United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) plan to adopt new strategies in 2018 to upscale…
Immunisation: FCT To Vaccinate 750,000 Children
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Primary Health Care Development Board says it is targeting 750,000 children for immunisation in the…
Agency To Immunise 3m Children In 6 Days
The Kaduna State Primary Health Care Development Agency, says it plans to immunise three million children age 0-5 against poliomyelitis…
Immunisation: NSPHCDA Involves Herdsmen Leadership
Dr Mohammed Adiz, the Executive Chairman of Nasarawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency (NSPHCDA), on Friday, said the agency…
Obaseki inaugurates immunisation task force
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Thursday inaugurated the Edo State Task Force on Immunisation to improve the uptake and…
State Govt. immunises 579,540 children against polio
More than 579,540 children under the age of five were immunised against polio in Ekiti during the just concluded first…
NYSC To Immunise 4,500 Corps Members
The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) says it is collaborating with the Sokoto State Ministry of Health to immunise more…