Tag: UNICEF
COVID-19: No govt establishment, agencies should order for vaccines without confirming from NAFDAC – Adeyeye
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says the agency has not approved any COVID-19 vaccines. She made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. She stated that the agency had not received any application from vaccine manufacturers “and therefore, no vaccine had ...Borno youth team wins global innovation contest, beat 71 others
A team of young people, ”Team MUDA” providing basic education classes for vulnerable children and youths in Borno state, has won the $15,000 Education Category prize of the 2020 Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge 2.0, UNICEF said at the weekend. UNICEF’s Communication Specialist, Mr Geoffrey Njoku, who made the announcement in a statement in Abuja, said ...UNICEF kicks against nationwide closure of schools over COVID-19
The UN children’s agency (UNICEF) has cautioned countries fighting the Coronavirus against imposing nationwide or large-scale school closures, saying it is a wrong response that could compound the societal cost of the disease. UNICEF Global Chief of Education, Robert Jenkins, said in a statement that 320 million children were locked out of school at the ...Yellow Fever: Ondo Govt. partnering other health organisations to begin vaccination Nov. 20
The Ondo State Primary Healthcare Development Board says it is partnering other health organisations to start yellow fever vaccination in the state on Nov. 20, 2020. Dr. Francis Akanbiemu, the Chairman of the board, stated this on Wednesday in Akure during a one day sensitisation meeting on yellow fever campaign with medical groups, Civil Society ...COVID-19: UNICEF reiterates commitment to support, welfare and protection of Nigerian child
UNICEF says the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) will not stop its support and interventions toward the welfare and protection of rights of children in Nasarawa state and the country in general. Dr. Zakari Adam, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Kaduna, gave the assurance in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia ...COVID-19 has further jeopardised gains recorded in promoting girl-child rights — Minister
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen, says the ministry made tremendous progress in the promotion of the rights of the girl-child. She made this known at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday to launch a campaign to support girl-child education and activities for the 2020 International Day of the Girl-Child. She, however, ...COVID-19: IHS, UNICEF donate 115,000 test kits to NCDC
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated 115,000 COVID-19 test kits to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to assist Federal Government’s efforts to curb the Coronavirus pandemic. The UNICEF Representative, Ms. Rushnan Murtaza, said this on Tuesday during the donation at the NCDC National Reference Laboratory in Abuja. According to her, the donation ...UN commends Nigeria for being one of the first countries to endorse SSD, tasks states to domesticate policy
The United Nations, UN, has called on Nigerian States to fast track the domestication of the policies on safe schools in line with the safe school declaration, SSD, which Nigeria endorsed. On March 20, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari, ratified the the Safe Schools Declaration (SSD) during the weekly FEC meeting. Dr Judith Giwa-Amu, Education Officer, ...Education emergency: Over 463m school children lack access to remote learning due to COVID-19
One in three schoolchildren across the world have been unable to access remote learning during coronavirus school closures, the U.N. children’s agency said on Thursday, warning of a “global education emergency”. Nearly 1.5 billion children were affected by school closures as countries locked down to prevent the disease from spreading, UNICEF said in a report. ...Polio vaccination: We’re at about 70% coverage, strategising to expand coverage to 90% – Health Minister
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, on Tuesday, said strategies are already in place to ensure the country stays polio-free. Nigeria, along with the rest of Africa, was declared polio-free by the World Health Organisation on Tuesday, marking the eradication of a second virus from the continent, since smallpox 40 years ago. “The chances of ...
