By Aluta News April 13, 2024 Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out a new vaccine – Men5CV – recommended by World Health Organisation(WHO), to protect people against meningitis. The world health body, in a statement on Friday, said that the vaccine would protect peopleContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 9, 2024 Cameroon Minister of Public Health, Manaouda Malachieon, says Cameroon will introduce malaria vaccine on Jan. 22. The minister, in a statement on Tuesday said the move was part of concerted efforts to enhance the fight against malaria and reduce morbidity and mortality associated withContinue Reading
By Aluta News April 17, 2023 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it has granted approval to Serum Institute Pvt. Ltd. (SIIPL) R21 malaria vaccine for the treatment of malaria in Nigeria. The Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said this at a news conference onContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 18, 2023 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuberculosis (TB) services has brought the urgency of vaccine development efforts into sharp focus. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of WHO, announced the plans to establish a new TB VaccineContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 7, 2022 World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday renewed its call for vaccine equity and solidarity to defeat COVID-19 pandemic as the highest number of cases were reported last week across the globe. WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, told journalists in Geneva at his first press briefingContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 23, 2021 No fewer than 104,530 people have received the first dose of Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Katsina State. Dr Shamsuddenn Yahaya, the Executive Secretary of the State’s Primary Healthcare Development Agency, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday.Continue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 12, 2021 The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says 1,912,394 doses of AstraZeneca and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in the state.. Abayomi disclosed this on Sunday through its official Instagram account @profakinabayomi while giving the state’s Vaccination Update as at Dec.Continue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 26, 2021 Although surplus Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine doses in U.S. states will soon expire, the White House Vaccine Task Force rejected the proposal to donate unused doses to other countries. The Washington Post reported that health authorities and hospitals in Southern California’s demand for COVID-19 vaccinesContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 8, 2021 The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Nigeria needs to spend the next two to three years building its immunisation infrastructure to enable the country to access and administer the WHO announced malaria vaccine. Peter Hawkins, the UNICEF Nigeria Representative, said this in an interviewContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 6, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine for the decades-long battle against the deadly disease for children at risk. The vaccine is geared towards children, in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions with moderate to high transmission.Continue Reading
