Political Will and Investment in Immunization Is Critical
Nigeria currently has the highest numbers of unimmunized children globally at over 3 million. In the past year alone, Nigeria has suffered outbreaks and tragic deaths from Meningitis, Measles, Lassa fever, Monkey Pox and Yellow Fever. The Nigerian Center for Disease Control has been playing a critical role in ensuring an increasingly rapid response to these outbreaks, but preventing them in the first place should be the goal, writes Folake Olayinka for the Aspen New Voice Fellowship.
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Nigeria:
Nigeria's Locally-Produced Vaccines Ready 'Within the Next 3-4 Years'
Premium Times, 21 March 2018
Locally-produced vaccines in Nigeria will be ready in about four years, Oyewale Tomori, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Biovaccines Nigeria Limited, has said. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Access to Immunisation Has Increased By 1,000 Percent in Sokoto, Says Tambuwal
This Day, 3 April 2018
The Sokoto State Government on Tuesday said it had increased access to immunisation by more than a thousand fold, from a meager 2.5 per cent in 2014 to 25 per cent in 2018. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Govt Inaugurates Committee On Basic Healthcare Fund
Premium Times, 21 March 2018
In compliance with the National Health Act and towards increasing funding for the health sector, the Nigerian government has inaugurated a National Steering Committee on Basic… Read more »
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Chad:
Fight Against Polio in Chad, Nigeria - Aliko Dangote, Bill Gates Join Forces
Cameroon Tribune, 23 March 2018
The billionaires are funding and promoting routine vaccination to kick out the virus for good. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Bill Gates Foundation Invests U.S.$1 Billion in Nigeria's Healthcare System
This Day, 23 March 2018
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has so far invested over $1 billion in Nigeria's health care system. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Why Bill Gates Told Nigeria to Do More in Human Capital Development
Premium Times, 9 April 2018
Paulin Basinga is the Country Director of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Nigeria, a major international donor supporting development in several sectors in the country. In… Read more »
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Nigeria is battling an unprecedented outbreak of Lassa fever that has already killed 142 people this year. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 400 Lassa cases ... Read more »