Tag: NPHCDA
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Bill Gates tells FG to shift focus from vaccine production
Philanthropist, Bill Gates has highlighted the challenges associated with local vaccine production in Nigeria, citing regulatory complexities and economic scale as significant barriers. Gates, who is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said this on Tuesday in Abuja during the Northern Traditional Leaders’ Committee on Primary Health Care Service Delivery (NTLC) quarterly review…
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Tinubu appoints new heads for NPHCDA, NHIA
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of two new Chief Executive Officers of Agencies under the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.
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NCDC confirms 42 new cases of COVID-19
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 42 additional COVID-19 infections in the country in two weeks, with Lagos State recording 27 cases.
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Measles: Agency urges parents, caregivers to vaccinate children
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has urged parents and caregivers to take their children to be vaccinated against measles, describing the disease as very dangerous. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, told newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja that measles affects mostly children who are under five years and can lead to…
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COVID-19: Again, NPHCDA appeals to Nigerians to get vaccinated
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has again appealed to Nigerians, who are yet to be vaccinated, to get the COVID-19 vaccines.
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N10bn for local vaccines production intact – Minister
Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the N10 billion earmarked in 2020 by the Federal Government for local production of vaccines, is still intact.
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No short-shelf doses of COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria — FG
The Federal Government says that there are no short-shelf doses of COVID-19 vaccine donations in the country. The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, said this in Abuja, at the official handover of about 2.6 million doses of Johnson Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. Shuaib said that the vaccines were now…
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16-year-olds can now take COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria
16-year-olds can now take COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria
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COVID-19: Over 3.4m persons fully vaccinated in Nigeria – NPHCDA
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says that 3,487, 298 eligible persons in Nigeria have been fully vaccinated against Coronavirus (COVID-19), having received their second jabs. Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director, NPHCDA, disclosed this during the inauguration of mass vaccination exercise for Nasarawa State on Friday in Lafia. Shuaib said that as at…
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FG begins 2nd phase of COVID-19 vaccination
The Federal Government on Monday began administration of new vaccines marking the start of the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination programme. Speaking at the inauguration at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi Abuja, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr Boss Mustapha said the country began the second phase, having received…