Faisal Shuaib
6 Jul
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said 189,310 children in the South-West geopolitical zone lacked access to routine immunisation from January to June 2023.
26 Jun
Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has deplored 15 per cent routine immunisation coverage in the country, stating that poor vaccination is associated with high mortality and morbidity rates.
19 May
Only 463 representing 1.8 percent out of 25,843 Primary Health Care Facilities in the country have the minimum number of required Skilled Birth Attendants (SBA) which is 4 per facility.
5 May
The Executive Director of, the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, has said that the demand for Primary Healthcare services in the country has remained sub-optimal due to poor quality of care, low level of trust in the health system arising from misinformation and disinformation as well as social, cultural and geographical barriers.
5 Apr
Only 60 per cent of eligible Nigerians have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
30 Jan
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi; his counterpart in Ekiti, Dr. Oyebanji Filani and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nigeria Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib are among technocrats....
24 Dec 2022
The Executive Director of, the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, has commended the Nigerian media, state governors and religious leaders for their roles in creating the demand for COVID-19 vaccines in the country.
24 Nov 2022
The Executive Director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, has lamented that in spite of the huge investments in the primary healthcare (PHC) sector, especially at the subnational level..
26 Aug 2022
World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it is a case of near-miss for Nigeria to attain certification of eradication of indigenous transmission of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) in 2016.
21 Jun 2022
Nigeria has fully vaccinated a total of 21,236,404 of its eligible population with COVID-19 vaccine. Executive Director of the National Primary HealthCare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib,...
1 Jun 2022
The Federal Government has unveiled COVID-19 vaccination at community pharmacies to boost Nigeria’s efforts at attaining the national target of 70 per cent coverage in deference to attainment of herd immunity.
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