The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Nigeria has called for better vaccination coverage to stop the growing spread of measles in the country.
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The Kano State government has set a target to vaccinate 3.9 million children under the age of five during the June 2025 Outbreak Response (OBR) campaign.
The Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) has announced plans to vaccinate 1.4 million animals in 2025 to enhance disease prevention and promote both animal and public health.
Despite being certified free of wild poliovirus, Nigeria continues to administer polio vaccines to protect children from the threat of Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus (cVDPV), according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that many people in Africa still lack access to essential vaccines, with one in five children remaining under-vaccinated.
The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) and the Kano State Government have renewed their commitment to eradicating polio, targeting no fewer than 4.1 million children for vaccination across the state.
The Adamawa state government has confirmed an outbreak of rabies, with cats being particularly affected, as stated by the Commissioner for Livestock and Aquaculture Development, Tijjani Maksha.
The World Health Organisation (WHO), in Yenagoa on Friday said it has flagged off the Oral Cholera Vaccination (OCV) in Bayelsa state.
The Abia state government has deployed veterinary teams to all 17 local government areas to vaccinate farm animals against anthrax, a deadly bacterial zoonotic disease.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says 1,319 deaths have been recorded in the country’s ongoing diphtheria outbreak.