The Beninese government has received 215,900 doses of malaria vaccine at the Cotonou International Airport and will begin administering in February. Speaking at the handover ceremony, Beninese Minister of Health, Benjamin Hounkpatin, said the doses of vaccine were acquired by the government with the support of its partners in the health sector. The partners included the World Health Organisation (WHO), …

The Federal Government said there is high hope that Nigeria will get the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) newly-recommended R21/Matrix-M vaccine for the prevention of malaria in children by mid-2024. The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH on Monday. The organisation, on Monday, recommended the R21 malaria vaccine following …

Federal government has said that Gavi the vaccine alliance will be prioritising Nigeria in the rollout of the new malaria vaccine over time. The minister of health, Prof Ali Pate, disclosed this yesterday at the palace of Esu Karu, during the GAVI CEO visit to the palace and New Karu Primary Healthcare Centre, in Nasarawa State. He said, “I was …

Twelve countries across different regions in Africa are set to receive 18 million doses of the first-ever RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine from 2023 to 2025. This was disclosed in a joint press statement on Wednesday by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organisation, and the United Nations Children’s Fund. The RTS,S/AS01 vaccine is the first vaccine recommended for use by …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has mandated the pharmaceutical industry in Nigeria to establish Pharmacovigilance (PV) surveillance department as the agency is set for full implementation of PV across the country. At the PV inspection interactive session with pharmaceutical stakeholders in Lagos on Friday, Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye disclosed the preparedness …

Ghana has become the first country in the world to approve a new malaria vaccine from Oxford University. The vaccine called R21 appears to be hugely effective in stark contrast to previous ventures in the same field. Trial data from preliminary studies in Burkina Faso showed the R21 vaccine was up to 80 per cent effective when given as three …