Month: April 2023

World Immunization Week celebrated every year highlights the collective action needed to protect people from vaccine-preventable diseases. This year's theme, 'The Big Catch-Up', aims to rapidly increase progress in essential immunization to reach millions of children who missed out on vaccines, restore coverage to 2019 levels, and build lasting protection.

Nigeria has been experiencing an ongoing transmission of circulating Variant Poliovirus type 2 (cVPV2) due to decline in type 2 population immunity, despite being certified free of wild poliovirus (WPV) in 2020.

Health inequities have been described by the World Health Organization as disparities in health status/outcomes or health resource distribution among different population groups.

The Sydani team has been providing technical support to the Niger State Primary Health Care Development Agency (NSPHCDA) across 128 health facilities in 12 LGAs. The goal is to strengthen the PHC system and build the capacity of PHC managers across seven (7) thematic areas (Data Management, Financial Management, Quality…