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Outbreak of Polio Variant in Nigeria, RSPHCMB To Implement NIPD in Rivers

September 14, 2023September 14, 2023Eve Afrique

By Suoyo Ekubo Following the recent outbreak of a new variant of Polio virus in Nigeria, the Rivers State Primary Health Management Board (RSPHCMB) has taken measures to carry out its first round of the National Immunization Plus Days (NIPD) set aside to strengthen the fight against this new polio variant called the “circulating Variant […]

Nigeria among other African countries to establish own mRNA vaccine production
By Mitchelle Uzorka
18 February 2022 | 9:55am

February 18, 2022February 18, 2022Eve Afrique

The WHO has announced six African Countries chosen to establish their own mRNA vaccine production, with the continent having largely been shut out of access to Covid-19 jabs. Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia were selected as the first recipients of technology from the World Health Organization’s global mRNA vaccine hub, in a […]