Abuja, 22 August, 2022 - Targeting universal immunization, the government of Nigeria through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, on 22 August 2022, introduced the rotavirus vaccine into Routine Immunization (RI) Schedule.
The introduction of the vaccine into the RI programme is in recognition of the magnitude of rotavirus-related diarrhoea disease and the immunisation programme aims to avert over 50,000 children's death from the disease annually.
