COVID-19: Nigeria Takes Delivery of 3.92 Million Doses of Vaccine
Nigeria has received the first batch of AstraZeneca vaccines from Serum Institute of India (SII) under the COVAX scheme of the GAVI, Tuesday. Following the delivery of the 3.92 [Read More]
COVID-19: Nigeria Unveils Strategy For Effective, Equitable Vaccination
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has launched T-E-A-C-H strategy and the Electronic Management of Immunization Data (EMID) system to facilitate [Read More]
Nigeria set to receive about 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Nigeria is scheduled to take delivery of 3.92 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, 2 March, 2021. The delivery will mark the first arrival of COVID-19 vaccine [Read More]
NPHCDA Conducts National, State and Local Government Levels Preparatory Training of Healthcare Workers Nationwide.
Preparatory to the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines into the country in a few days, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has rolled out a nationwide training programme [Read More]
NPHCDA Strengthens The Capacity to End Maternal and Child Mortality
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), through its National Emergency Maternal and Child Health Intervention Centre (NEMCHIC), has concluded capacity building workshop for Program Managers (PMs) and [Read More]
Covid-19 Vaccine: Nigeria to Receive 16m AstraZeneca Doses in February
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has debunked the rumour going around that it has disqualified Nigeria from accessing the Pfizer led COVID-19 vaccine. WHO said it has not disqualified [Read More]
NPHCDA Dispels Rumours on COVID-19 Vaccines
The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Dr. Faisal Shuaib has described as baseless the wide-spread rumour that the COVID-19 vaccines were part of the schemes [Read More]
COVID-19: NPHCDA Sensitizes CAN, Scholars on Vaccine
The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib has described as baseless the misinformation making the rounds on the social media that COVID-19 vaccines [Read More]
Investment in Covid-19 Vaccines Will Strengthen PHC System in Nigeria
The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib has assured Nigerians that any investment in the procurement of COVID-19 vaccine, the logistics, delivery, and administration [Read More]
Introducing Measles Second Dose at 15 Months into The Routine Immunization Schedule
Dear Nigerians, From the 7th of December 2020, the Federal Government will be introducing Measles Second Dose at 15 Months into the Routine Immunization schedule in 19 states and the [Read More]
Federal Government Response to the Delta State Yellow Fever Outbreak in Collaboration With the State Government and Partners.
On 30th October 2020, an outbreak of a mysterious illness was reported from Idumesah ward, Ika North East LGA of Delta state, south south, Nigeria. Idumesah, Ute-Okpu and Owa Oyigbo [Read More]
Nigeria’s Road To Wild Polio Virus Free Certification
Following the Africa Regional Certification Commission’s acceptance of the documentation submitted to it by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and Partners, Nigeria has eventually been declared wild [Read More]
How Nigeria won the fight against polio
This map shows population estimates, per 90m x 90m grid square, for a region in Kano State. Such estimates were aggregated to settlement and ward levels so that vaccination teams [Read More]
ARCC Accepts Nigeria’s Wild Polio Virus Free Documentation
The proposed certification of Nigeria as a polio free country in August this year is gradually becoming a reality. The indication was given by the Chairman of the African Regional [Read More]
COVID-19: National Primary Healthcare Development Agency trains primary healthcare workers
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency is training health workers at the primary health level across the country. The training is as a result of the increasing number of COVID-19 [Read More]