Nigeria: $60m required for measles pre-elimination campaign

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President Goodluck Jonathan
Over 60 million dollars would be required by Nigeria to prosecute the proposed first and second phases of the national measles elimination programme, said a report.
NAN reports that the exercise is expected to cover not less than 54 million persons nationwide.
This is contained in the report of the first 2015 meeting of the Inter-agency Coordinating Committee (ICC) obtained by NAN in Abuja on Wednesday.
The report was presented to the committee by Dr Nneka Onwu, Head, Supplementary Immunisation Activities at the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA).
The report indicated that GAVI, an international non-governmental organisation, and other partners …Read More

Source:: PM Newspaper