LASG Set to Commence Statewide Polio Outbreak Response to Safeguard Children
By: Ayo Agbeoluwaye The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Primary Health Care Board (LSPHCB), in collaboration with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA),and other relevant stakeholders is set to commence a statewide Polio Outbreak Response (OBR) campaign following the detection of an orphan circulating Variant Poliovirus Type 2 (cVPV2) in Makoko, […]
Nigeria to Begin Mpox Vaccinations
Nigeria will begin vaccinations for Mpox from October 8 after regulatoryapprovals are concluded. Spokesperson for the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, RemiAdeleke, said after the vaccines had been subjected to regulatory lab analysis forthree weeks, they would be distributed across five states. Meanwhile, due to limited available doses (9,980) of the Jynneos MPox vaccine,Adeleke […]
Cameroon begins world-first mass malaria vaccine rollout
The world’s first routine vaccine programme against MALARIA has started in Cameroon, in a move projected to save thousands of children’s lives across Africa. The symbolic first jab was given to a baby girl named Daniella at a health facility near Yaoundé on Monday. Every year 600,000 people die of malaria in Africa, according to […]
Cameroon has received more than 330,000 doses of a new malaria vaccine – the first to be approved by the World Health Organization (WHO)
Health Minister Mana-ouda Malachie described it as a historic moment. Kenya, Ghana and Malawi have already started distributing the RTS,S vaccine, which has to be administered in four doses.Over the next few weeks, deliveries are expected in Burkina Faso, Liberia, Niger and Sierra Leone.
