Government urges private and public health facilities to enforce best practices in vaccine storage and management
(WorldNews Africa)

Lafia, 20 September 2019 - In a primary healthcare centre in the suburbs of Nasarawa State, Nurse Ayenajeh Sasefu carefully arranges vaccines for various diseases adhering to Government guidelines for vaccine management. `These vaccines are very sensitive`, she says, as she arranges the different vaccines according to their temperature sensitivity within the cold storage equipment. `We usually store these vaccines with caution because if not properly handled, its potency can be reduced`, she adds. True to Ayenajeh`s words, there are few immunization issues more important than the appropriate storage and handling of vaccines. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the success of...