Tag: WHO
WHO ramps up flood emergency response in Nigeria as UAE dispatches...
...The floods have displaced more than 225 000 people, with 201 deaths reported in 15 of the country’s 36 states and about 115 000...
UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries...
...The UNICEF tender is issued to help secure mpox vaccines for the hardest hit countries in collaboration with Africa CDC, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance,...
Nigeria first country to introduce ‘revolutionary’ five-in-one meningitis vaccine
MON APRIL 15 2024-theGBJournal|The Men5CV vaccine offers a powerful shield against the five major strains of the meningococcal bacteria - A, C, W, Y...
COVID-19 vaccinations shift to regular immunisation as COVAX draws to a...
...COVAX will close 31 December 2023 having delivered nearly 2 billion doses of vaccines to 146 economies, and averted an estimated 2.7 million deaths...
Gavi’s Board approves more than US$ 1.8 billion in support for...
...Establishes African Vaccine manufacturing accelerator
...The Board approved the inclusion of the new multivalent meningococcal vaccine into the Gavi portfolio, as well as the shortlist...
We must address the interconnected challenges of Climate Change and Nutrition,...
...The economic impact of malnutrition and climate change is estimated at a staggering US$3.5 trillion and US$3.7 trillion annually, respectively.
WED, OCT 25 2023-theGBJournal|Launching today...
Kaduna State Governor pledges 15% of state’s annual budget to healthcare
THUR, AUGUST 17 2023-theGBJournal |Fifteen percent of the state’s annual budget will be allocated to the provision of healthcare services to the people of...
Vaccine Alliance reaches more than one billion children with childhood vaccines
...The Alliance is on track to immunise 300 million children between 2021 and 2025 and prevent 7-8 million deaths during this period, generating an...
Snap Analysis | Investment in needle free vaccines could significantly reduce...
SAT, MAY 20 2023-theGBJournal |Positive results announced by Micron Biomedical earlier this week stated that a measles and rubella vaccine patch has completed a...
Nigeria steps up measures to reach eligible children with potent vaccines
Friday, MAY 19 2023-theGBJournal | At least 64 per cent of children between ages 12-23 months in Nigeria did not receive all recommended vaccines...
