Tag: immunization
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How to register and receive early COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria
As Nigeria sets to take delivery of 3.92 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, the federal government (FG) has launched an e-registration portal for COVID-19 vaccination. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) launched the e-registration platform for electronic management of the COVID-19 vaccination on Monday. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the registration platform is…
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Measles: Bayelsa flags-off 13-day Vaccination Campaign
Bayelsa Government on Friday kicked off a 13-day aggressive measles immunization for children between the ages of 9 months and five years across the state. The government said the campaign is part of efforts at preventing children from untimely death and other serious lifelong complications associated with the viral disease. The state Commissioner for Health,…
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Incessant communal crisis, insurgency, others hindering immunization in Nigeria – NMA
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has the disturbing rate of insurgency and communal crisis among other factors are the main hindrances against adequate immunization coverage in the country. Vice Chairman of NMA in Cross River State, Dr Agam Ayuk, told reporters in Calabar during the opening of the 2017 Physician’s Week that immunization coverage in…
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We’ll support immunization of children displaced by Boko Haram in Borno – FG
The Federal Government on Wednesday reiterated its commitment to support immunization of children displaced by Boko Haram insurgency in Borno. Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Presidential Senior Technical Adviser on Disaster Risk Management, said this at the closing of a two-day workshop for disaster management personnel in Maiduguri. Oke-Osanyintolu, said the immunization and deworming exercise would…