The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appealed for more education on immunisation and continued investments in public health as measures to prevent deadly diseases in children. Celine Lafoucriere, Chief of UNICEF Field Office, South-West Nigeria, made the appeal on…
The recent tragic death of a child from measles following an outbreak in Texas has served as a stark reminder of the deadly consequences that vaccine hesitancy can have. The outbreak, which affected multiple states, is a harrowing example of…
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…
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, on Saturday, solicited for more collaboration to improve immunisation activities in Sokoto State. Pate made the call when he led a team of officials from Global Alliance Vaccine Initiative…
Katsina State Government says the tremendous progress recorded in routine immunisation coverage of the state has led to reduction in child morbidity and mortality. The State Immunisation Officer, Hajiya Sahura Muhammad, disclosed this in an interview with the Newsmen on…
…says exercise is proactively designed to produce an army of healthy children The Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Monday inaugurated the Outbreak Response to Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio as part of efforts towards advancing healthy living of the citizens,…
The Director, FCT Primary Health Care Board, Dr Ruqayya Wamakko has identified partial child immunisation by mothers as a public health problem affecting successful children immunisation in Abuja. Wamakko made this remark in an interview on Wednesday in Abuja. She said…
