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Nigeria’s Vaccine Financing: Self-Sufficiency is No Longer a Choice, But a Necessity

By Nigeria Health Watch

August 8, 2024

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Tzar Oluigbo (Lead Writer) In 2021, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the Partnerships for African Vaccine Manufacturing…

Africa CDC and CEPI deepen partnership to fortify African preparedness against disease outbreaks

By Nigeria Health Watch

May 29, 2024

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May 28, 2024; Geneva, Switzerland: The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations…

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In search of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control

By Chikwe Ihekweazu

April 22, 2014

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Earlier this year, we wrote a blog wondering aloud about the N701Million (USD5M) allocated to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)…

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The Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program

By Chikwe Ihekweazu

June 29, 2011

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Those that read our blog regularly will remember the early days when we called for a Field Epidemiology Training Programme in Nigeria to train…

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The outbreaks continue...

By Chikwe Ihekweazu

June 3, 2011

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We have blogged a lot about outbreaks in Nigeria, and the apathy of our government in responding to them. We have stated…