The federal government will commence malaria vaccination in Kebbi and Bayelsa states, today. The exercise marks the introduction of the malaria vaccine in the country. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said the first phase of the malaria vaccine rollout in Nigeria will commence in Kebbi and Bayelsa states. The agency, on its X handle, said the malaria …

The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Muyi Aina, said too many women still die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, and too many children fail to reach their fifth birthday due to preventable diseases. Aina said this on Monday in Abuja at the ongoing two-day engagement meeting on vaccination, maternal and child …

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said the tentative date to commence vaccination for mpox is 8 October 2024. The Head of the Public Relations Unit at the NPHCDA, Remi Adeleke, who disclosed this exclusively to The PUNCH on Friday, also stated that the vaccine deployment will begin from 3 to 6 October 2024. Adeleke said, “The …

The federal government has said the ongoing outbreak of diphtheria has affected 9,478 children across the 20 affected states, with 4,859,181 children vaccinated against it in the response. The executive director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this yesterday at a press briefing by the National Diphtheria Emergency Task Team, in Abuja. He said, …

No fewer than 800,000 children lack access to routine immunisation in six northern states, the Executive Director of National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Faisal Shauib has said. He named the six northern states as Kaduna, Niger, Zamfara, Kebbi, Katsina, and Sokoto, saying they lack access to or were never reached for any routine immunisation due to banditry and …

The use of face masks in public places is no longer mandatory, discretionary. And by 19th April or thereabouts, measured against COVID-19 may be further relaxed, if all goes well. In an interview with The Punch, Head of the Technical Secretariat on COVID-19, Dr Muktar Muhammed also said that Nigeria would stop demanding proof of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests from …