Tag: VACCINE
Report every vaccine reactions to clinic, Paediatrician urges parents
Ibadan, Feb.20, 2026 (NAN) A Consultant Paediatrician, Dr Folusho Balogun, has stressed the need for parents to always report any vaccine reactions experienced by...
FG supplies Ekiti with 80,500 doses of livestock vaccines
Ado-EKiti, Feb. 5,2026 (NAN) The Ekiti state government has received 80,500 doses of livestock vaccines from the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development for the...
L-PRES Project: Anambra takes delivery of vaccines to control Transboundary Animal...
Awka, Feb. 6, 2026 (NAN)Anambra Government has taken delivery of its allocated vaccines under the Livestock Productivity And Resilience Support (L-PRES) project, for mass...
Africa-CDC confirms cancellation of US funded hepatitis B vaccine study in...
Abuja, Jan. 19, 2026 (NAN) The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has confirmed the cancellation of the United States funded...
FG committed to tackling vaccine hesitancy, disinformation – Dr Salma
Kaduna, Sept. 2, 2025 (NAN) The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to tackling vaccine hesitancy in Nigeria through strategic communication and the engagement...
Mpox: AHF advocates vaccine access, public health over profits
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has advocated urgent action to increase access to Mpox vaccines and to prioritise public health over profits to ensure...
Nigeria to strengthen Mpox response with vaccine donation from U.S govt
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has received 10,000 doses of JYNNEOS Vaccine to strengthen the country’s Mpox response.
Dr Muyi Aina, Executive...
Cervical Cancer: NPHCDA targets over 288,000 girls for HPV vaccine in...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) targets more than 288,000 girls for the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine against Cervical Cancer in Kogi...
NPHCDA to roll out HPV vaccine second phase
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says it is set to roll out the second phase of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in...
WHO prequalifies new dengue vaccine
A new vaccine (TAK-003) for dengue has received prequalification from the World Health Organization (WHO),
Dr Rogerio Gaspar, WHO Director for Regulation and Prequalification, has...
UNN inaugurates first Vaccine Research Center in Enugu
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) on Tuesday inaugurated a Vaccine Research Centre (VRC) for the development of vaccines for diseases that disproportionately affect...
Benin receives 215,900 doses of malaria vaccine
Cotonou, Jan. 16, 2024 (Xinhua/NAN) The Beninese government has received 215,900 doses of the malaria vaccine at Cotonou International Airport and will begin administering...
Entos Pharmaceuticals Passes Significant Enrollment Milestone in Phase 2 Clinical Trial...
EDMONTON, Alberta & OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Entos Pharmaceuticals (Entos), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing genetic medicines with its Fusogenix proteolipid vehicle (PLV) nucleic acid...
AHF: Monkeypox Vaccine Access Must Be Guided by Global Equity, Inclusion
KAMPALA, Uganda & WASHINGTON — AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today sharply criticized the World Health Organization (WHO) and the collective emerging and sluggish global...
COVID-19: Obaseki bars unvaccinated workers from Government House
Staff of the Edo State Government attached to Dennis Osadebey House, Benin City, Nigeria got a rude shock this morning as security agencies barred...
Buhari receives second dose of COVID-19 vaccine
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has finally recieved the second dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine.
This happened on Saturday, May 29,...
COVID-19 vaccine not compulsory, NYSC tells corps members
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, on Friday said the COVID-19 vaccine would not be made compulsory for...
