The federal government has said that it is collaborating with the World Health Organization and the United States Centre for Disease Control to see how Nigeria can access the global stockpile of monkeypox vaccination to arrest the outbreak of the disease.
According to the agency, 18,291,072 were fully vaccinated, which represents 16.4 per cent of Nigeria’s eligible population, while 1,229,909 persons have received their booster doses. “We are also engaging the World Health Organization and the United States Centre for Disease Control to see how Nigeria can also access the global stockpile of monkeypox vaccination.
Shuaib, the Federal Ministry of Health and the Presidential steering committee had launched the S.C.A.L.E.S 2.0 as one of the national strategies for COVID-19 vaccine rollout. “Community pharmacies are one of the most easily accessible and frequently consulted points of care for healthcare service delivery by the public sector, especially in underserved population due to their interconnectedness with the communities.