Delta State Government has initiated a project for the development of Vaccine Production Facility in Delta State University Teaching Hospital, DELSUTH, in Oghara.
Stating this in Abuja, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nicholas Azinge, said the project was championed by the Ministry of Health which initiated collaboration between DELSUTH and Merck Biopharmaceutical Company.
The project, which is in line with Governor Okowa administration’s SMART Agenda, will create job opportunities and generate income for the state, once actualized, even as it further provides an enabling environment to attract researchers to Nigeria for the development of new vaccines.
While calling on local and international investors to contribute to the venture, he revealed that Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have been selected to pilot the world’s first malaria vaccine from 2018.
Stating this in Abuja, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nicholas Azinge, said the project was championed by the Ministry of Health which initiated collaboration between DELSUTH and Merck Biopharmaceutical Company.
The project, which is in line with Governor Okowa administration’s SMART Agenda, will create job opportunities and generate income for the state, once actualized, even as it further provides an enabling environment to attract researchers to Nigeria for the development of new vaccines.
While calling on local and international investors to contribute to the venture, he revealed that Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have been selected to pilot the world’s first malaria vaccine from 2018.
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