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Over 1.2M Children Yet To Be Immunised In Nigeria – UNICEF

April 15, 2021 1:27 am

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that no fewer than 1.2 million children are yet to be immunized in Nigeria against deadly life-threatening diseases.

The figure accounts for about six percent of 20 million children globally who are yet to be vaccinated.
Mrs. Folashade Adebayo, UNICEF’s Communication Officer, made the disclosure in Yola on Wednesday, at an ongoing ‘Media Dialogue On Routine Immunisation, Post Polio Certification, and COVID-19 Vaccination’.

The meeting was organised by The Child Rights Information Bureau (CRIB) of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture in collaboration with the UNICEF.

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COVID-19 Vaccine - Swiss Scientist Conducts Successful Tests

Swiss Scientist Conducts Successful Vaccine Tests

April 22, 2020 2:42 pm

Mass immunisation with a newly developed vaccine against the coronavirus disease could start in Switzerland in October, according to immunologist Martin Bachmann.

The national regulatory body Swissmedic confirmed that it was in talks with scientists including Bachmann, who works at the Bern University Hospital.

“The time schedule is extremely optimistic, but it is not totally far-fetched,” Swissmedic spokesman Lukas Jaggi told dpa this week.

“Given the urgency of the coronavirus pandemic, we are talking about weeks, not months of approval procedures,” he added.

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Don’t Demand Money During Immunisation – UNICEF

November 19, 2019 2:49 am

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned health workers in Cross River State not to demand money from parents during immunisation of children against measles.

UNICEF Consultant in the state, Iyabo Ajibola, who handed down the warning, yesterday during the commencement of measles vaccination second dose immunisation in Calabar South, said it is not acceptable that health workers demand money because the Federal Government, UNICEF and other partners have made vaccines available free of charge.

She said: “It is important to say vaccination of measles second dose is free and no person should demand money from parents because the …