Tag: VACCINE
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...
Don’t take COVID-19 vaccine, Oyedepo warns
Founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has warned members of his church against taking the COVID-19 vaccine.
Oyedepo claimed the vaccines are...
Covid-19: WHO approves China’s Sinopharm vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the approval of China’s Sinopharm vaccine for Covid-19 vaccination. The vaccine is reported to have 79% efficacy...
US assures delivery of assistance in 48 hours to India
US NSA Jake Sullivan and Ajit Doval also discussed the Quad vaccine initiative in which more than a billion doses are to be produced...
Vaccinated persons have more freedom, says German Justice Minister
People who have been fully vaccinated against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) could have certain restrictions lifted soon, German Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht said.
Lambrecht said this...
