Nigeria has received a CAD9.3 million grant from the Global Initiative for Vaccine Equity (CanGIVE) to boost COVID-19 vaccine delivery and strengthen the broader health system in the country.
The Canadian High Commissioner, Jamie Christoff, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja during the launch of CanGIVE in Nigeria.
The Federal Ministry of Health hosted the event in collaboration with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NpHCDA) and Nigeria Centre For Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), supported by World Health Organisation (WHO).
Mr Chrisoff said Nigeria, amongst six other countries, would benefit from Canada’s global initiative of CAD317 million.
He said as the world moved beyond emergency pandemic response, continued access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments would remain critical for high-risk groups.
“In some low and lower-middle-income countries, vaccination rates remain low, and health systems have been overstretched by the pandemic,” Mr Chrisoff…
