The Nasarawa State Government has pledged its support for the Federal Government’s proposed immunisation programme aimed at eliminating measles and rubella, which is set to launch in October this year. The state governor, Abdullahi Sule, made the pledge in Lafia on Tuesday at a one-day stakeholders’ engagement for the introduction of the measles and rubella vaccine into the routine immunisation …

No fewer than 7,842 suspected cases of measles have been reported in Nigeria from January to 31 March. The cases were reported from 34 states and the FCT, and across 631 local government areas in the country Also, the Cerebrospinal Meningitis situation report showed that 4,266 suspected cases and 339 deaths have been reported across 23 states and the Federal …