The industrial action by the organised labour and resident doctors in Taraba in the time past has hampered the resolve of the state government to meet its target of vaccinating over 50,000 people against COVID-19 in the state.
Mr Hassan Mafindi, the Executive Secretary of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency, told reporters on Monday in Jalingo, the state capital that they have so far vaccinated over 23,000 residents.
He disclosed that the state has received 40,020 more doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, in addition to the 56,250 doses earlier received.
The agency boss stated that not until the first phase of the vaccination was over, they cannot commence the second phase.
Commemorating World Immunization Week, 2021: The RI experience of the PAS Project
As Nigeria marks World Immunization Week for 2021 celebrated from April 24th - 30th every year, it is important to highlight the use of vaccines in mitigating vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs).
1.0 World Immunization Week 2021
As Nigeria marks World Immunization Week for 2021 celebrated from April 24th – 30th every year, it is important to highlight the use of vaccines in mitigating vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) and to measure the progress of Nigeria’s journey for self-reliance. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the primary objective of the week is to emphasise the value of vaccines in preventing diseases that were hitherto perceived as life-threatening. This World Immunization Week seeks to highlight the importance of vaccines as a “public good that saves lives and protects health” whilst also allowing development. The theme of 2021 is “Vaccines bring us closer”.
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The Technical working group on Childhood Killer Diseases known as Niger State Action Committee on CKD (NASSCKD) has warned that inadequate funding to IMCI resulting in stock out of Amoxicillin DT and Zn-LO-ORS may increase possibilities of Under-five death in Niger State.
The committee said Primary Health Care Centers (PHCs) across the state have stocked out of Amoxycillin DT and Zinc LO-ORS as 19, 000 children out of 195,000 may die before their 5th birthday according to the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey of 2013
The NSACCKD, TWG meeting, which expressed fear that there could be increased under-five mortality in the state held its meeting on
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The sum of over N1 billion is said to be spent monthly by the Bauchi State Government in its determination to provide quality health care services to the people of the state particularly for Primary Healthcare coverage.
The disclosure was made by the State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir who also assured the government will soon absorb all the over 2000 volunteers working in the Bauchi State Primary Healthcare centers as permanent health workers in the state payroll.
Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir said that very soon the state government will free resources and employ them in order to ensure that primary healthcare services was made readily available to the people.
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