Gavi announces $191m to boost Nigeria’s health system, immunisation
May 2, 2025 Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has announced a new 191 million dollars Health Systems Strengthening (HSS-3) grant to Nigeria aimed at improving immunisation coverage and reaching underserved populations….
NCDC issues health advisory over surge in cases of Cholera
May 2, 2025 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a public health advisory following a significant surge in cholera cases across 30 Local Government Areas…
Nigeria receives over 1 million meningitis vaccines from Gavi
April 4, 2025 Nigeria has received more than 1 million meningitis vaccine doses from Gavi-funded global stockpile to combat an outbreak of the deadly disease in Africa’s most populous nation,…
Global health funds push for more private money, fearing government retreat
January 22, 2025 One of the world’s biggest global health funders will ask the private sector for a steep increase in donations as concern of a shortfall in government contributions…
“World Health Organisation ripped us off” says Trump, orders US exit from health body
January 21, 2025 The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other…
Nigeria takes delivery of first batch of 846,000 doses of R21 malaria vaccines
Oct. 17, 2024 Nigeria has received the first batch of 846,000 doses of the R21 malaria vaccines, from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. According to the Minister of Health, Ali Pate,…
Mpox: Germany to donate 100,000 vaccine doses to combat outbreak in Africa
August 26, 2024 Germany will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses from its military stocks to help contain the outbreak on the African continent in the short term as well as…
Mpox: Vaccine group Gavi says it has up to $500 million for shots
August 16, 2024 The global vaccine group Gavi has up to $500 million to spend on getting shots to countries affected by an escalating mpox outbreak in Africa, its chief…
Mpox vaccines likely months away even as WHO, Africa CDC discuss emergency
August 14, 2024 Vaccines to help curb an escalating mpox outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries may still not reach the central African country for months even…
Cholera: FG in talks with Gavi over vaccine shortage – NCDC
June 25, 2024 The Federal Government has initiated discussions with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (Gavi) to secure additional supplies of cholera vaccines. Dr Jide Idris, Director-General of…