Nigeria has begun the second phase of its vaccination exercise against the Covid-19 virus. The exercise is coming at a time where the country has begun to record increasing cases of the virus in the last one month. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony held at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi Abuja, the Secretary to […]Read More
An estimate of 80 percent primary healthcare centres in 15 states of Nigeria lack the capacity to administer COVID-19 vaccines. This is according to a field research conducted by the Connected Development (CODE), a non-governmental organization tracking government’s expenditure.Q Nigeria received 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in March – the first batch of […]Read More
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund has signed an agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV to supply an additional 220 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson single dose COVID-19 vaccine to all 55-member states of the African Union by the end of 2022. This agreement would increase the total number of doses to 400 […]Read More
The World Bank has stated that it has provided a fund of over $4 billion for the purchase and deployment of COVID-19 Vaccine to 51 countries– with over half in Africa. This was contained in a press statement released by the bank titled ‘World Bank financing for COVID-19 vaccine rollout exceeds $4bn for 50 countries’ […]Read More
Nigeria is expected to receive 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from the COVAX facility between the end of July and early August. Meanwhile, the administration of the second dose of Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in the country will also end by 25th June 2021. The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency […]Read More
The WHO has revealed Africa would need 20 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine within six weeks if those who have had their first shot are to get the second in time, the WHO said Thursday. Dr Matshidiso Moeti for the World Health Organization, Africa underlined the importance of respecting the recommended interval of eight to […]Read More
Moderna has announced a new supply agreement with Gavi for up to 500 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna for COVAX days after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced emergency approval of the vaccine. Recall that vaccine rollout by the COVAX programme recently faced a dead end after the Indian government banned the export of […]Read More
Amid fears of possible expiration, The United Nations Children’s agency (UNICEF) said it will redistribute more than 1.3 million doses of vaccines meant for the Democratic Republic of Congo. The agency had previously announced the vaccine distributed under the global COVAX initiative will expire on 24 June. Due to doubts raised by blood clout issues […]Read More
The total spending on COVID-19 vaccines globally is projected to reach $157 billion by 2025. This is driven by a mass vaccination program underway and “booster shots” expected every two years, according to a report from Reuters by U.S. health data company IQVIA Holdings Inc . IQVIA, which provides data and analytics for the healthcare […]Read More
Over a year since the Coronavirus hit the world, countries over the world have joined in the vaccination race to win the war against the virus. Unfortunately, it would seem that the nation of Haiti might have been forgotten as new reports claim the country has yet to receive a single dose of the life-saving […]Read More
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