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Bukola Afeni The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib has implored Traditional Leaders to assist in enlightening their subjects about COVID-19 and vaccine usage. He made the disclosure at a meeting with Traditional leaders in Abuja He assured Nigerians that any investment in the …

Bukola Afeni The World Health Organisation has renewed its commitment to support the health sector towards improving maternal and child health, and strengthening immunization and revitalization of Primary Healthcare system in the country The WHO Country Representative in Nigeria, Dr Kazadi Mulombo, made the disclosure while speaking in Abuja at …

President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has approved the renewal of appointment of Dr. Faisal Shuaib as the Executive Director/CEO of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) for a second and final term of four years. Tho was contained in a letter signed by …

  The Executive Director/CEO, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, has indicated that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, will flag off the Integrated Medical Outreach Program on Monday. The  Integrated Medical Outreach Programme (I-MOP), is an initiative of the …

The Federal Government said it will continue to strengthen the Primary Health Care Centers, and improve immunization coverage in Nigeria. Executive Secretary, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaibu made the disclosure at the launching of its Cold chain equipment in Aleyita Primary Health Centre in Lugbe, Abuja. According …

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said it has successfully mounted the necessary reactive and preventive responses to the devastating scourge of vaccine preventable disease outbreaks across different parts of the country. The executive director/ CEO of NPHCDA Dr. Faisal Shuaib stated this at the 3rd annual NPHCDA …

    The low national immunization coverage has become an issue of public health concern as shown in a recent publication by the federal ministry of Health ‘National Primary Health Care Development Agency and Development Partners which revealed that Nigeria has only 33% national coverage on Routine Immunization ,short of …

      Bukola Afeni The recent Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey conducted by the Government of Nigeria in 2016/17 shows that only 1 in 4 children in the country receive all the recommended vaccines. According to the report ,immunization coverage for pentavalent vaccine between the 36 states varies dramatically from …