{"id":74369,"date":"2025-08-27T14:49:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=74369"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:49:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:49:29","slug":"fg-receives-11m-cold-chain-equipment-to-boost-vaccine-storage-immunisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/27\/fg-receives-11m-cold-chain-equipment-to-boost-vaccine-storage-immunisation\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Receives $11m Cold Chain Equipment to Boost Vaccine Storage, Immunisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Sarah Sam Adda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has taken delivery of cold chain equipment valued at $11 million to strengthen vaccine storage, distribution, and immunisation services across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The consignment, supported by Gavi, UNICEF, and the Federal Government, includes 1,653 solar direct-drive refrigerators, 165 spare parts kits, and temperature monitoring devices. It was officially handed over in Abuja on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Muyi Aina, said the intervention is timely as Nigeria prepares for a nationwide immunisation campaign in October, targeting more than 109 million children.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that 53% of the refrigerators will be deployed to northern states and 47% to the south, with priority given to underserved communities and \u201czero-dose\u201d children.<\/p>\n<p>UNICEF\u2019s Chief of Health, Dr. Maharajan Muthu, described cold chain infrastructure as the backbone of effective immunisation, stressing that the solar-powered units will ensure vaccine quality in hard-to-reach areas without electricity.<\/p>\n<p>Acting WHO Country Representative, Dr. Alex Gasasira (represented by Dr. Alex Chimbaru), said the initiative would reduce vaccine wastage, improve coverage, and enhance sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>The partners emphasised the need for sustained funding, tracking, and maintenance to guarantee the long-term success of the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sarah Sam Adda &nbsp; The Federal Government has taken delivery of cold chain equipment valued at $11 million to strengthen vaccine storage, distribution, and immunisation services across the country. The consignment, supported by Gavi, UNICEF, and the Federal Government, includes 1,653 solar direct-drive refrigerators, 165 spare parts kits, and temperature monitoring devices. It was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":74371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74372,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74369\/revisions\/74372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}