Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib has said the Federal Government have vaccinated a total of 30,327,550 Nigerians representing 23.9 percent of Nigeria’s eligible population, this he said at the flag-off of COVID-19 vaccination at community pharmacies in Abuja.
Similarly, the government said 30,327,550 persons representing 23.9 percent have been vaccinated with first dose, 14,629,451 persons have received their second dose while 1,229,909 persons have received their booster doses, respectively.
The flag-off kick start the collaboration between the government and Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria,APCN, which is aim at expanding COVID-19 vaccination to the grassroots level.
Dr Shuaib explained that the collaboration became necessary given that the “community pharmacies are one of the most easily accessible and frequently consulted points of care for health care service delivery by the public sector especially in underserved population due to their interconnectedness with the communities.”
He however thanked the leadership and commitment of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria and the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria for their relentless effort to ensure that the collaboration became a reality.
