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Vaccines play a crucial role in reducing the risk of infectious diseases. They work with your body’s natural defences to strengthen immunity and provide long-term protection. By receiving a vaccine, you help train your immune system to recognize and combat specific viruses or bacteria, preventing illness before it starts. Vaccination protects against more than 30 life-threatening diseases, such as diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), influenza, and measles. These diseases are now much less deadly thanks to vaccines, allowing people of all ages to live longer, healthier lives. Immunisation currently prevents between 3.5 and 5 million deaths each year.
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Nextier Health held a virtual dialogue on ‘Revitalising Nigeria’s Primary Health Care System’ on the 21st of June 2022 in continuation of the Nextier Health Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Series. Dr Uju Onyes, a health policy and financing expert, moderated the event. The event was graced by a panel of health systems strengthening experts. Panelists at the event were Prof. Chima Onoka; Head of Operations at the Health Policy Research Group, Dr Sam Agbo; Senior Health Advisor at the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office, Nigeria; and Dr Emmanuel Okpetu; Head, Primary Health Care, Kuje Area Council. In addition, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi,
represented by Dr Ibrahim Mustapha, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Primary Healthcare Board, delivered the keynote address. The Nextier Universal Health Coverage Series is one of the flagship programmes of Nextier Health that draws attention to contemporary health issues in Nigeria and globally through the views of health system experts and practitioners.

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