In October 2023, Nigeria's government launched a new vaccine drive aimed at curbing cervical cancer, which claims around 8,000 lives in the West African country every year. But the campaign for the has also seen the spread of conspiracy theories, including from public figures. An influential radio host suggested that the jab might cause infertility and could serve as a covert means of controlling Nigeria’s population growth. Experts, however, say the claims have no scientific basis.
The inability of Nigeria to meet its national target of 90 per cent immunisation of children less than five years against killer diseases is raising fresh concerns among stakeholders. According to the 2016 Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey/National Immunisation Survey Coverage (MICS/NICS), which captured the immunisation data routinely cited by experts in the country currently, 77 […]
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Nigeria successfully met its ambitious target of fully vaccinating 70 per cent of its population against the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Bassey Okposen, Director of Disease Control and Immunization in the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Abuja. NAN reports that…