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Vaccines are a Modern Day Miracle: Gavi's Role in Sustaining Life-Saving Access

By Nigeria Health Watch
June 26, 2024
6 Mins read
Vivianne Ihekweazu and Alexander Chiejina (Lead Writers) “Thanks to the power of immunisation, the number of childhood deaths from vaccine preventable diseases…
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Gavi and UNICEF welcome approval of new oral cholera vaccine

By Nigeria Health Watch
April 18, 2024
3 Mins read
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and UNICEF welcome the news that a new oral cholera vaccine (OCV), Euvichol-S, has now received WHO prequalification…
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Thought Leadership

Applying Behavioural Science in Nigeria's HPV Vaccination Campaign

By Nigeria Health Watch
January 20, 2024
5 Mins read
Dr Ifeanyi M. Nsofor and Drew Bernard (Guest Writers) On October 24, 2023, Nigeria’s First Lady Oluremi Tinubu accompanied by the coordinating…
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Thought Leadership

Vaccinating Africa: Expanding Vaccine Manufacturing for Health Security

By Thelma Chioma Abeku
January 10, 2024
4 Mins read
It is time for Africa to focus on producing vaccines for its population. In February 2021, UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres highlighted vaccine equity…
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Thought Leadership

Leading The Way: Nigeria’s Next Steps on the Path to Cervical Cancer Elimination

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 25, 2023
4 Mins read
Professor Isaac Adewole and H.E. Dr Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu (Guest Writers) Editor’s note: Yesterday, Nigeria achieved a significant milestone by incorporating the human…
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Thought Leadership

CEPI: Accelerating Lassa Fever Vaccine Development in Nigeria

By Beti Baiye
July 13, 2023
4 Mins read
The law of inertia, referred to as Newton’s first law of motion, states that “an object will remain at rest or in…
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Thought Leadership

Boosting Vaccine Demand and Acceptance: Key Takeaways from the VARN 2023 Conference

By Nigeria Health Watch
July 1, 2023
5 Mins read
By Sunday Oko and Kemisola Agbaoye (Lead Writers) Vaccination remains one of the most cost-effective public health interventions of modern medicine. Yet,…
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Press Release

Institut Pasteur de Dakar and Mastercard Foundation Announce Unprecedented Partnership to Expand Workforce for Vaccine Manufacturing in Africa

By Nigeria Health Watch
June 2, 2023
4 Mins read
The Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) and the Mastercard Foundation have announced a historic $45 million partnership named MADIBA (Manufacturing in Africa…
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Thought Leadership

World Immunisation Week 2023: Nigeria Can Achieve the Big Catch-Up

By Nigeria Health Watch
May 6, 2023
1 Mins read
By Thelma Chioma Abeku and Olayemi Amusile (Lead Writers) References World Health Organization (2019), Immunization, Available here:World Health Organization (2023), Global Health…
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Torchlight

Mapping for Better Coverage: How GIS Microplanning is Revolutionising Immunisation Campaigns in Kano State

By Misbahu el-Hamza
February 27, 2023
5 Mins read
Technology is enhancing healthcare in Nigeria, as demonstrated by the use of GIS mapping in Kano State to improve vaccinators’ performance and…
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Torchlight Africa

Solar Powered Freezers: A Low Cost but High Impact Strategy Making Critical Vaccines Accessible in Southeast Kenya

By Nigeria Health Watch
November 21, 2022
6 Mins read
By Joyce Chimbi (Lead Writer) Kamboo, Yindalani and Yiuma Mavui are a set of hard-to-reach villages located 17 and 28 kilometres away…
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Torchlight

Making Good on a Promise: How Nasarawa State Vaccinated Seventy Percent of its Eligible Population

By Nigeria Health Watch
June 13, 2022
5 Mins read
By Gabriel Oke (Lead Writer) Nigeria’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign is not a competition and there are no prizes for the state that…
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Thought Leadership

African Vaccination Week 2022: Equitable Vaccine Access can Help Build Resilient Communities

By Nigeria Health Watch
May 11, 2022
5 Mins read
By Folakemi Ajala (Lead Writer) From the old (smallpox) to the new (COVID-19), for centuries, vaccines have helped save and promote healthier…
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Thought Leadership

Overcoming the Challenges of Financing Routine Immunisation Beyond COVID-19

By Chibuike Alagboso
February 23, 2022
4 Mins read
Vaccines remain an invaluable investment and one of the most cost-effective ways in preventing diseases, especially for new-born babies. When children have…
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