Tag Archives: NPHCDA

Bukola Afeni The Federal Government has  formally rolled out the Johnson and Johnson single dose vaccine while introducing the COVID-19 vaccination site finder. The Minister of Health Dr Ehanire Osagie stated this at the launch of Scale 2.0 scale strategy and vaccination site finder  in Abuja. According to the Minister, the …

Bukola Afeni The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency said Nigeria is not among the red listed countries that need to do mandatory quarantine for 14 days in a supervised UK facility. The Executive Director of NPHCDA Dr Faisal Shuaib stated this while briefing Journalist in Abuja. He added that the …

Bukola Afeni   As part of measures of improving the state of primary health care service and infrastructure in Nigeria, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency has keyed into partnership with Connected Development (CODE) a leading civil society organization. The Executive Director of NPHCDA Dr Faisal Shuaib stated this …

Bukola Afeni The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Faisal Shuaib said there is an outbreak of a new polio variant,  named Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in 14 states across the nation. Dr Faisal stated this at the 2nd Quarter Meeting of the Northern Traditional …

Bukola Afeni The Executive Director of National Public HealthCare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib said the Federal Government has reopened the administration of the first dose of the vaccine, and also extended the administration of the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine till the 5th of July 2021. He disclosed …

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency said the country will get 3.92 million doses of Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccines at the end of August. The Executive Director of the agency, Faisal Shuaib said the country will receive additional information on the exact dates in August and will provide an update to …

  Bukola Afeni The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has called on media practitioners to pay attention to statistical details in future, so that members of the public can remain guided by correct and truthful information, all the time. The Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib made the disclosure in …

Bukola Afeni The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has administered 1,071,346 eligible persons  with the Astrazeneca vaccine,  in the first vaccination phase. The Executive Director, NPHCDA , Dr Faisal Shuaib,  said the data is  based on reports received from states through the Electronic Management of Immunization Data (EMID) system, and do …

Bukola Afeni The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has called on all religious and political leaders to sensitize the public that the AstraZeneca vaccine has no side effect on the body. He stated this at the second phase of the sensitization meeting with Islamic scholars on COVID-19 vaccination. Dr …

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency said the organization is aware of precautionary concerns that have been raised regarding one specific batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine, namely ABV5300. The agency made the disclosure in a statement signed by Mohammed Ohitoto, the head of the Public relations unit of NPHCDA. …

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 …