NPHCDA, FAISAL VISITS NIGERIA SOLIDARITY SUPPORT FUND
The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib recently paid a working visit to their Partner, the Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF) on Friday to debrief the Management on its vaccination rollout which kicks off today, November 1, 2021, in Ogun State. As one of the beneficiary states of the NSSF donation to NPHCDA, the Agencys target is to get 2 Million indigenes of the state vaccinated before the year end festivities commence. This rollout commences just as Lagos state flagged off its mass vaccination campaign on Wednesday October 28 which is aimed at getting 4 Million residents vaccinated ahead of the festive season.
The urgent meeting between NPHCDA team and NSSF team was to align on vaccine campaign goal, objectives, interventions, and key Performance Indicators which was also discussed during Dr Faisals visit at the NSSF office in Lagos.
According to Dr. Faisal, with only 2.9 Million Nigerians vaccinated so far, we need to accelerate our campaign to encourage more Nigerians come out and get vaccinated. He further reiterated that covid vaccines supply was not a concern at the moment. In his words, we have the jabs, but we need the arms.
He further stated that this accelerated vaccine campaign is geared at aligning with the WHO target of 40% vaccination rate by December.
The team also shared the five-service delivery approach that will be adopted to ramp up Covid-19 vaccines uptake in Ogun state. These include, establishment of Mass vaccination sites, expansion to all public health facilities, expansion to private health facilities, expansion to corporate institutions (public and private) and establishment of temporary posts drive-throughs, community pop-ups and outreach sessions
Speaking on behalf of the NSSF, board member, Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede reinforced their commitment for the vaccine drive with the initial disbursement of N56 Million to support the rollout in Ogun state and that the organization will be providing other in-kind support as the campaign kicks off. Another of such support is a nation-wide covid-19 vaccine anti-hesitancy campaign drive planned for the coming weeks which will further enable Nigeria to reach her target by December 2021.
This is first of several collaborations between both organizations to support the government in strengthening our healthcare system.
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Notes to Editors
ABOUT NIGERIA SOLIDARITY SUPPORT FUND (NSSF)
The NSSF is a private-sector led institution born out of a collaboration between the Global Citizen (GC) and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) to complement efforts in combating the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic through fund raising to address three core COVID-19 response areas: supporting the most vulnerable, strengthening health care systems and re-skilling of Nigerian youth for The New Nigeria.
The Institution believes that everyone should have access to quality and affordable healthcare services when they need it, young Nigerians should be enabled with opportunities for self-empowerment and well-skilled for a post-COVID era and that the most vulnerable, disadvantaged, and marginalized groups in Nigeria are not left behind.
For more information, please visit https://nigeriasolidarityfund.ng/
ABOUT THE NATIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NPHCDA)
The NPHCDA, established in 1992, and merged with the National Programme on Immunization (NPI) in 2007, is the domestic development agency for health.
Between 1986 and 1992, remarkable and innovative progress was made in the development of Primary Health Care, focusing on Local Government Areas (LGAs) resulting in Nigeria being placed in the front rank of countries in the world that have advanced the process of equitably improving the health and quality of life of its people through primary health care.
To capitalize on these achievements, and sustain Federal assistance in the LGAs, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency was established following the recommendation of a high level WHO review team through Decree 29 of 1992.
To more information, please visit www.nphcda.gov.ng
