The Nigerian Governors’ Wives Forum (NGWF) has called on Governors and State Legislators to implement the six months Pay Maternity Leave Policy in the 36 states of the federation. The forum made the call on Thursday, in a communique issued at the end of it annual retreat held at Exco Chamber’s Centenary City in Abakaliki.…

Primary healthcare centers (PHCs) across Taraba and Gombe states have been set on the path for transformative improvements after the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Eight states, including Gombe and Taraba, entered into a partnership with UNICEF and GAVI in 2022 to strengthen healthcare…

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has confirmed improvement in immunisation enrolment in two Northeastern states of Gombe and Taraba from 50 per cent to 80 per cent.

Barcelona midfielder Gavi will be part of the La Liga leaders' squad to face Sevilla this weekend after a long injury lay-off, coach Hansi Flick confirmed Saturday. The 20-year-old has been absent since suffering a severe knee injury playing for Spain in November 2023, missing his country's Euro 2024 triumph this summer. "For Gavi it's…

The Gavi Alliance has handed over one million doses of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine to Nigeria, marking a significant milestone in the fight against malaria in the country. The vaccine will be administered to children aged five months to 15 months as part of routine immunisation and each child requires four doses, given at 5,…

Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX: BAVA) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, have announced an Advance Purchase Agreement (APA) to secure 500,000 doses of the MVA-BN mpox vaccine to be supplied to countries in Africa impacted by the mpox outbreak.

Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX: BAVA) and Gavi, a Vaccine Alliance have announced an advance purchase agreement (APA) to secure 500,000 doses of the MVA-BN Mpox vaccine to be supplied to countries in Africa impacted by the Mpox outbreak. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO ) of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Dr Sania Nishtar explained that the…

The Gavi vaccine alliance announced Wednesday a deal with Danish drugmaker Bavarian Nordic to secure 500,000 jabs against mpox for use in African countries facing an epidemic of the virus. The announcement came after the World Health Organization last week prequalified a mpox vaccine, MVA-BN, for the first time, paving the way for the United…

Nigeria is currently battling with an annual funding deficit of $200 million for immunisation. The Director General of the Budget Office, Dr. Tanimu Yakubu, revealed this at the Multi-Stakeholders Technical Workshop for the Optimisation of Immunisation Financing in Nigeria, organised by the Vaccine Network for Disease Control in partnership with GAVI and the Global Health…

The Vaccine Alliance, Gavi, has outlined a roadmap to ensure stable supply of HPV vaccine for adolescent girls in lower-income countries, saying with over 348,000 deaths in 2022, cervical cancer continues to kill women globally.

The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy of Nigeria, Honorable Bosun Tijani, has advocated for a sweeping technological transformation to confront the critical healthcare issues plaguing Africa. The Minister who spoke at an event organized by GAVI and co-hosted by the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy and Zipline during the prestigious World…

Following a successful pilot programme, globe’s first World Health Organisation (WHO)-recommended malaria vaccines are to be administered through routine immunisation programmes across Africa today, beginning with Cameroon.