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Nigeria: Commitment to Expand Vaccination Programme to Save Children's Lives
allAfrica, 10 May 2012
Nigeria's first-ever national vaccine summit ended in mid-April with a federal government commitment to expand the country's vaccination programme to help reduce the country's… Read more »
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Nigeria's Vaccination Drive Gains Momentum
The federal government has committed to expand the country's vaccination programme which will reduce the country's child mortality rates - the second highest in the world.
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Nigeria: Kaduna to Tackle Cerebrospinal Meningitis
Daily Trust, 8 May 2012
Kaduna State government has disclosed a five-point prevention strategy against the outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis in the state this year. Read more »
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Unicef, 7 May 2012
Selected from their respective settlements (villages), 200 volunteer community mobilizers (covering 200 high risk settlements) are now fully operational in Kebbi State, in northern… Read more »
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Nigeria: Polio Immunizations Miss Hundreds of Thousands of Children
Unicef, 3 May 2012
While the proportion of missed children has shown a slightly decreasing trend in the last three rounds of Immunization Plus Days: 8.0% in December, 7.8% in February and 7.8% in… Read more »
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Nigeria: Doctors March Against 'Embarrassing' Polio
Daily Trust, 3 May 2012
Hundreds of doctors and survivors of polio virus Thursday morning marched through the streets of Abuja in efforts to "renew vigour" in a fight to break transmission of wild polio… Read more »
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Nigeria: Can We Really Eradicate Polio?
Daily Trust, 1 May 2012
Here's what happens when one child is infected with poliovirus--200 other children catch the virus and each child excretes up to 3 million viral parts each day for up to 33 days. Read more »
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Nigeria: FG Earmarks Another N4.7 Billion to Eradicate Polio
Vanguard, 1 May 2012
As part of measures to ensure adequate immunization coverage in Nigeria, the Federal Government is set to commit another N4.7 billion in a new polio eradication emergency plan.… Read more »
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Nigeria: Kaduna Govt. Advises Residents to Report Outbreak of CSM
Leadership, 28 April 2012
The Kaduna State Government has advised residents to report any incident of suspected Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) in the state. Read more »
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Nigeria: Towards a Healthy Generation
Daily Trust, 17 April 2012
With the health ministry's resolve to focus more on preventive measures rather than curative measures, it seems only fair that health policies begin to tilt towards that direction… Read more »
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Nigeria: Polio - Routine Immunisation Must Be Updated
Daily Trust, 17 April 2012
To tackle the transmission of Wild Polio Virus (WPV), routine immunization officers in Kaduna have said that Routine Immunization (RI) must be updated and surveillance improved if… Read more »
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Nigeria: False Rumour On Vaccination Responsible for Children's Deaths
Daily Trust, 17 April 2012
The Federal Government yesterday attributed the death of over one million children annually to false rumours and religious beliefs against vaccination in the country which have… Read more »
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Nigeria: Polio Claims One Million Children Annually - Anyim
Vanguard, 17 April 2012
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, yesterday said over 1 million children have lost their lives due to refusal by some parents to have… Read more »
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Nigeria: Vaccine Rejection 'Cheats' Children, Says Emir
Daily Trust, 17 April 2012
Countless children are "cheated" when they are not allowed to get polio vaccine, the Emir of Hadejia, HRH Adamu Abubakar Maje, has said. Read more »
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Nigeria: Vaccination - False Rumour Claims One Million Children Annually
This Day, 17 April 2012
The Federal Government yesterday in Abuja cried out that an estimated 1 million children die annually in Nigeria as a result of false rumours and religious beliefs concerning… Read more »
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Nigeria: FG to Save One Million Lives With New Vaccine By End of 2012
Leadership, 16 April 2012
Dr Muhammed Pate, Minister of State for Health, said one million lives would be saved with the recent cost effective intervention by the Federal Government. Read more »
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Nigeria: Ivac Identifies Solutions to Country's Childhood Mortality Crisis
GAVI, 16 April 2012
A study released today by the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has identified the most feasible and impactful… Read more »
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Nigeria: Kano - 7.6 Million Children Immunised Against Polio
This Day, 12 April 2012
A total of 7.6 million children were immunised against polio in Kano State during the just concluded second round of the immunization exercise in the state. Read more »
