Category: Niger
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“Greater impact and trust, reduced costs”: making the case for REACH integration at the Maputo Child Survival Forum
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As global health leaders gathered in Maputo, Mozambique, for the 2025 Innovation and Action for Immunization and Child Survival Forum, the REACH Network delivered a key message: We must integrate and cooperate – do more, differently – in order to give children in the most vulnerable settings a fair chance to survive and thrive. Dr…
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Lessons from the field: Mortality surveillance in Mali and Niger
The REACH Network recently held an important discussion on mortality surveillance, enabling the Network community to hear at first hand about the experience of REACH teams in Mali and Niger, who have recently completed large-scale mortality surveillance surveys. Such surveys are a vital component in the evaluation of the impact REACH programmes are having –…
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AVENIR II completes third cycle of MDA in Agadez and Dosso regions
Between 21 and 25 June 2025, the AVENIR project team successfully completed the third round of mass distribution of azithromycin (MDA) in the Agadez and Dosso regions. This campaign, part of AVENIR’s Phase II REACH project, was preceded by the usual preparatory activities: meetings with local authorities and training for community health workers, to ensure…
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AVENIR launches its first mass distribution campaign for azithromycin in the Agadez region of Niger
As part of Phase II of the AVENIR project, the Agadez region is preparing for its first mass administration of azithromycin in June 2025. This campaign will target children under five years of age in the region’s seven districts: Arlit, Aderbissenat, Agadez commune, Bilma, Ingall, Iferouāne, and Tchirozerine. To ensure effective and safe implementation in…
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AVENIR successfully completes 2nd round of azithromycin distribution in Niger
AVENIR Phase II implementation: Campaign expansion Following the launch of Phase II of the AVENIR project in Dosso, Tahoua and Maradi, the second round of azithromycin distribution took place between 10 and 14 February 2025 in these three regions, with Zinder also included in the programme between 11 and 15 February 2025. Seamless implementation was ensured thanks to in-depth…
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AVENIR II treats more than 2.5 million children in second round of MDA in Niger
AVENIR II Azithromycin MDA, second cycle, February 2025 The AVENIR project continues its mission to improve child health in Niger through the mass distribution of azithromycin. After a highly successful first phase, the second phase kicked off with the first round of distribution in Dosso, Tahoua, and Maradi. The MDA campaign in the Tahoua, Dosso…
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REACH Network Co-chairs’ impassioned plea for greater health access and equity
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At the heart of Africa’s healthcare transformation, two prominent leaders are working hard to bring child survival to the forefront of the discussion. Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, and Professor Samba Sow, Director-General of the Center for Vaccine Development in Mali, are Co-chairs of the Resiliency through Azithromycin…
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Updates from the field – AVENIR II in November
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AVENIR II in Niger – November 2024 November saw the successful completion of a number of activities, including the continued mass distribution of azithromycin in the Dosso and Tahoua regions. Outstanding coverage This campaign has enabled coverage areas for the intervention to be extended, particularly in the surveillance integrated health centres (CSIs), of which there…
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AVENIR II in September 2024
September was a busy month for AVENIR, with activities ranging from training courses to meetings with health and district authorities. Preparations for AVENIR II in Zinder With the second phase of the project progressing successfully in the Maradi, Dosso and Tahoua regions, activities will begin in the Zinder region during the last quarter of 2024.…