NPHCDA allays fear over COVID-19 vaccine storage
Friday Olokor and Daud Olatunji
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency and United Nations Children’s Fund on Sunday said the vaccination of Nigerians against COVID-19 would start with frontline healthcare workers.
The Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib and UNICEF Country Representative In Nigeria, Peter Hawkins, who stated this in a joint statement, said Nigeria had planned to vaccinate at least 70 per cent of eligible Nigerians aged 18 years and above in four phases within two years.
The primary health care agency assured Nigerians that Nigeria had facilities to store the vaccine.
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COVID-19 vaccine: Lagos, Oyo plan purchase, Ogun, Cross River, Benue fault allocations
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The Nigerian Medical Association, the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives and a coalition of labour and civil society organisations, the Alliance for the Survival of COVID-19 and Beyond, have advised the Federal Government to ensure transparency in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
The NMA, the NANNM and the ASCAB, in separate interviews with
The PUNCH on Wednesday, said priority should be given to frontline health workers and the aged during the vaccination of Nigerians against deadly coronavirus.
The group said this as Ogun, Oyo, and Cross River states faulted the number of COVID-19 doses allocated to them by the Federal Government.
“During the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, amidst a global pandemic, the courageous work of Nurses and Midwives deserves, more than ever, to be honored not just by applause. Let us use the stories of their everyday heroism and service to call for all countries to invest in decent work and a new social contract for nurses and midwives as part of their commitment to health for all,” it explained.
Nigeria Is In A State Of War With COVID-19 – Nigerian Health Workers’ Unions
They warned of dire consequences if the federal and state governments privatise institutions and services in the health sector.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jan 11, 2021
The Alliance for Surviving COVID-19 And Beyond (ASCAB) and other unions of health workers have said Nigeria is in a state of war with the COVID-19 pandemic.
This comes amidst the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Nigeria with over 100, 000 confirmed cases.
Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 And Beyond (ASCAB) is a coalition of over 80 civil society organisations (CSOs) and organised labour, led by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN).