VACCINE

The Director-General of the National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NBRDA), Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, has emphasised the need for collaborative efforts among institutions involved in vaccine research. During a recent…

The World Health Organization says on Monday that it had approved Bavarian Nordic's (BAVA.CO), opens new tab mpox vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, an age group considered especially vulnerable to outbreaks of the disease that…

Zambia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China to establish the country’s first cholera vaccine manufacturing facility. The project, announced on Monday, aims to strengthen Zambia’s fight against cholera, a disease that…

Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa. The campaign due to start Monday was described by officials as a milestone in the decades-long effort to curb the…

Stakeholder in vaccine administration in Nigeria, has advocated that Office of the Accountant General of the Federation facilitate urgent release of the N60bn cash-planned immunisation fund for 2023 exercise. READ ALSO:Bauchi State: Over…

African leaders including Rwanda's Paul Kagame, Ghana's Nana Akuffo Adod and the African Union chiarperson Moussa Faki Mahamat attended the inauguration of the first BioNTech site in Rwanda. The German biotechnology firm seeks to set up…

A batch of 331,200 doses of RTS, S - the first malaria vaccine recommended by the UN's World Health Organization arrived at Cameroon's Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport on Tuesday 21 November 2023. Several African countries are…

The Anambra State Government says 2.3 million children, under the age of 0-59 months, received Polio vaccines in the first phase of the Outbreak Response Exercise (OBR-I), in September. Dr Afam Obidike, the state Commissioner for Health,…

The Kaduna State Government has commenced a Yellow Fever preventive mass vaccination campaign in the state.  Hamza Ikara-Ibrahim, the Director of Public Health, at Kaduna State Primary HealthCare Development Agency, told the Newsmen on…

Emergent BioSolutions said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its anthrax vaccine for use in adults aged 18 through 65. The vaccine, Cyfendus, has been approved for use following suspected or confirmed exposure…