Nigeria is facing a critical shortage of vaccines due to the non-release of budgetary allocations and declining donor support, a situation threatening the immunisation of millions of Nigerian children.
Chika Offor, the executive director of the Vaccine Network for Disease Control, disclosed this at the 9th annual health conference organised by the Association of Nigerian Health Journalists on Friday in Abuja.
She decried the failure of the government to release funds amid dwindling global aid, warning that it has led to stock-outs of critical vaccines. She said the situation is a crisis.