•Photo of a vaccine The Minister of State for Health, Iziaq Salako, says Nigeria is not yet capable of producing vaccines locally. Salako spoke in an interview on Channels Television last night, addressing the nation’s vaccine production capacity. When asked if Nigeria could produce vaccines now, he replied, “Unfortunately, not. One of the key...
Some residents of Lagos State have expressed fear and distrust over the ongoing vaccination in the state even as a senior media practitioner alleged that certain health officials were vaccinating students without the required parental consent. Following a dip in public participation over a period of time, authorities have resorted to obtaining...
•COVID-19 vaccines Some stakeholders in the health sector have called on governments across Africa to increase political will and efforts towards the manufacture of vaccines on the continent. They made the call during the Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa (ECOVA) conference in Abuja, reports Daily Trust. It was organised by the A...
•Mpox (previously Monkeypox) A surging mpox outbreak in Africa, which was declared an emergency by the continent’s health agency on Tuesday, is being driven by a new, more transmissible strain of the virus. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared its first-ever Public Health Emergency of Continental Security...
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