Tag: vaccination

According to her, children aged 12 to 59 months would receive deworming medication, while health workers would also screen for ...

On Tuesday, the Commissioner for Health in Cross-River State, Henry Ayuk, confirmed the COVID-19 case involving a Chinese national working ...

“Our commitment is clear that no Akwa Ibom child should ever die from a vaccine-preventable illness.”

Mr Pate said beyond measles and yellow fever, five million children had received the pentavalent vaccine.

Mr Kaseya revealed that the continent is witnessing a heavy disease burden, with more than 116,000 suspected cases of Mpox, ...

The campaign will run nationwide in two phases from 6 October to 13 February 2026, in renewed efforts to halt ...

He noted that the measles-rubella (MR) vaccination effort relies on public awareness and integrated campaigns to enhance coverage and curb ...

According to the report, misinformation was a major driver of negativity, with posts falsely claiming the HPV vaccine causes cancer, ...

As of May 2025, Kaduna State had recorded at least 840 suspected cases, with 62 confirmed infections.

The figure reflects the data as of epidemiological week 25 of 2025, which underscores the disproportionate disease burden on three ...

"One day, some of the medical teams came for another vaccination in the village, but my husband still refused to ...

Nigerians intending to go for Hajj are required to get vaccinated from Meningococcal Meningitis, Yello Fever, polio and seasonal Influenza ...

Abia State Government official said the campaign became necessary following a recent anthrax outbreak in cattle in Nasarawa, reported by ...

The News Agency of Nigeria correspondent, who monitored the programme’s implementation in four out of 16 selected council areas, reports ...

Nigeria was declared polio-free in 2020 by the World Health Organisation, but hundreds of cases of the vaccine-derived type have ...

“The rate of Stunting is 21.2 per cent, Underweight 12.1 per cent, and Wasting 3.0 per cent," the Nigerian official ...

The study revealed that thousands of women who received the RSV vaccine to protect their babies assured that the vaccine ...

The three West African countries are the latest to participate after successful rollouts of routine malaria immunisation for children in ...

The federal government secured over six million doses of the HPV vaccine to protect girls aged nine to 14 years ...

Mr Pate said that the ministry and other stakeholders had come together to aggressively tackle the diphtheria challenge that had ...

“The HPV vaccine is to prevent our children from coming down with cervical cancer, which is now rampant in society.”

Vaccination, the process of receiving a vaccine that provides immunity to a disease, is very important as under-five mortality rate ...

The Nigerian government had in December 2022 ordered the relaxation of COVID-19 safety measures and travel advisory.