Just in: Chief of Army Staff, Maj Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, orders troops to raid areas where the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) enforce sit-at-home order throughout the South-East states.
Today, the WHO North Central Zone field offices holds the Qtr 1 2023 Integrated Quarterly review meeting to review country's Key performance indicators, discuss technical & managerial issues including GPW13 & review technical, programmatic & managerial progress in the Quarter
It was indeed quite refreshing today, to see all Staff of UN Nigeria join the Go-Blue campaign flag-off by the UN RC which resonates with the theme for #WAAW2022, “Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance Together” @WHOAFRO@Fmohnigeria@UN_Nigeria
WHO's @DrGodwinUAkpan corrected my estimate on ODK's impact on polio. In his view, ODK was *the* app that helped eradicate polio in Africa.
ODK has been used to collect more than 500 million data points for disease surveillance and routine immunization in Africa.
School children are exposed to different forms of violence. 1 in 3 school children reports being bullied in the previous month, & 2 in 5 report being in a physical fight in the past year. New @WHO handbook provides information to #EndViolence in schools.
https://t.co/YBVApt8wCn
At the Communicable and non- communicable disease cluster retreat, Family and Reproductive Health cluster identified areas of collaboration to strengthen inter- cluster integration within WHO @WHONigeria@RMpazanje@chimaochemba@CWarigon@chiaka2
Thank you Germany!
The gov'ts of Germany & Nigeria signed an agreement for €29.9 million in support of #polio eradication activities in #Nigeria. The signing ceremony @MFA_Nigeria in Abuja, witnessed by #WHONigeria & @UNICEFNigeria as implementing partners to the government.
The #Measles Vaccination Campaign for North West and North East zones in #Nigeria ends with debriefing meeting in Abuja, to discuss the performance, best practices, challenges and strategies for the next campaigns for the year 2018. https://t.co/24BNLgZD1l