Why demand for primary health care services is low in Nigeria -Official
The NPHCDA boss said the COVID-19 pandemic worsened the situation by bringing about social restrictions and heightening public distrust in ...
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The NPHCDA boss said the COVID-19 pandemic worsened the situation by bringing about social restrictions and heightening public distrust in ...
The NPHCDA boss noted that the rotavirus vaccine introduction has the potential to avert over 110,000 deaths in 10 years.
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“The delivery is part of a pledge by the European Union to distribute vaccines to some developing countries,” EU representative ...
"What this simply means is that government employees who are yet to be vaccinated will find a vaccination site around ...
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Arrangements have been made for corporate vaccination of eligible staff of Government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), government said.
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Before the commencement of COVID-19 vaccination, the government had set an ambitious goal of vaccinating 40 per cent of its ...
We now have information that Nigeria will get 3.92m doses of Oxford/Astrazeneca by end of July or early August
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Nigeria has continued to report low COVID-19 cases since February.
Lagos again took the lead with 27 new cases and followed by Rivers with 14 new cases.
Mr Shuaib appeals to the public to continue to cooperate with vaccinators.
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Nigeria has vaccinated over a million people so far.
Some experts also identified the major reason Nigeria was not meeting it's family planning target.
Nigeria in early March received 3.94 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine through the COVAX facility.
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“We have not received any official report of serious adverse effects from any of those who have been vaccinated," an ...
Nigeria is set to receive four million doses of the approved Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines as the first batch of vaccines ...
“We have been Informed that 4 million out of the 16 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in ...
The official expresses fears over growing vaccines hesitancy.
The official said there are “genuine ongoing efforts by the federal government to restart the process of vaccines production".