Nigeria News

Benin, 31 August 2017-In an effort to reduce the unacceptably high measles disease incidence in Nigeria, the government with support from partners have planned to conduct a Measles follow up campaign targeting children 9-59 months old. To achieve high quality implementation, the campaign is planned to be conducted in phases between   October and November 2017 in the North-west and North-eastern states. For the North central, South-west, South-east and South-south zones of Nigeria, the exercise will be conducted during February-March, 2018.

Abuja, 23 August, 2017 – The Chairman, International Polio Plus Committee (IPPC), Mr Michael McGovern, has disclosed that Rotary International has spent close to 1.7 billion US dollars on polio eradication with most of the funding going to Nigeria’s polio programme.

Abuja, 10 August, 2017 - A major survey finding from 2016 Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey/National Immunization Survey Coverage (MICS/NICS) reveals that seventy seven percent (77%) of children aged 12 – 23 months in Nigeria have not received all the routine vaccinations as recommended by the national EPI schedule while forty percent (40%) of children in this age group did not receive any vaccinations putting  it  to be far below the ninety percent (90%) national target that has been set by the country.

Abuja, 07 August 2017-The World Health Organization’s (WHO) first “Scoping Mission” to Nigeria on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) & Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has concluded its assignment and presented findings to the Honorable Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole in Abuja on 04 August 2017. During the 5-day mission, experts, government functionaries and stakeholders   explored areas for health system improvement to enable Nigeria expedite progress towards the attainment of UHC and the SDGs.

Abuja, 04 August 2017-With the Primary Health Care (PHC) revitalization programme of the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) Nigeria has the potential to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). Even though progress has been slow, it is believed that the country has an effective strategy to achieve UHC and hence, key health related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Abuja,03 August 2017-The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) and World Health Organization (WHO) are leading other stakeholders to create more awareness on viral hepatitis and give nationwide visibility to eliminate the deadly disease in Nigeria.