immunisation

Enugu State Government says it is targeting no fewer than one million children in the Sub-National Immunisation plus days in the state. Dr George Ugwu, the Executive Secretary of Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency…

THE Director, Primary Healthcare (PHC), Sokoto South Local Government Area, Malam Usman Guiwa, says the Council is targeting over 52,340 children in the ongoing immunisation across the state. Guiwa, who spoke with newsmen on Saturday in…

THE National Social Safety-Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO) and New Incentives-All Babies Are Equal Initiative (NI-ABAE), both NGOs, have signed a Memorandum-of-Understanding (MoU) on enhancing routine immunisation coverage in the country.…

GOV. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has advised parents and guardians to present their children/wards below the age of five years for immunisation against child-killer diseases. Masari gave the advice via a state-wide broadcast on Saturday.…

THE Katsina State Government says it is targeting to immunise 2.5 million children against child killer diseases in the state. Dr Kabir Suleiman, the state Director of Disease Control, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in…

GOV. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has appealed to stakeholders to support routine immunisation for children in the state. Ganduje made the call in Dawakin Tofa on Tuesday, while flagging off the Meningitis vaccine, “MenA”, which is an…

MEMBERS of Makuntiri community in Bunkure Local Government Area of Kano State, on Friday, gave reasons for chasing away health workers drafted to conduct polio immunization in the community. The angry community members who spoke to the…

 A 6-day immunisation programme for children from 0 to 59 months has begun in Ilorin, the Kwara capital on Sunday. A visit to Yusjib Industrial Medicare, along Ajase Ipo Road, Ilorin, one of the accredited centres for the programme by the…

THE National Primary Health Care Development Agency, the Lagos State Ministry of Health and the Lagos State Primary Health Care Board in conjunction with Partners on Monday announced the introduction of Meningitis vaccine (Men-A vaccine)…

PLATEAU Government on Friday launched immunisation of children against meningitis to checkmate any outbreaks of the disease in the state. Dr, Livinus Miapkwap, the Executive Secretary, Plateau Primary Health Care Board (PHC) who launched…