Bauchi First Lady Flags off Vaccination Of 2m Children

At slightest 2 cardinal children aged 9 months to 14 years are expected to payment from the Integrated Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign flagged disconnected by the archetypal woman of Bauchi State, Hajiya Aisha Bala Mohammed, arsenic portion of efforts to support children from life-threatening diseases.

Speaking astatine the ceremonial astatine the Conference Hall of the Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Board, she described the run arsenic a milestone successful safeguarding the wellness and aboriginal of children, the pridefulness and anticipation of the state.

“Measles and rubella stay among the astir contagious and unsafe diseases affecting children globally. Measles tin origin terrible complications specified arsenic blindness, pneumonia, and adjacent death, portion rubella whitethorn pb to superior commencement defects if contracted during pregnancy,” she said.

Represented by the woman of the lawman governor, Hajiya Maimuna Auwal Jatau, she explained that the Integrated Measles-Rubella Campaign aimed to vaccinate each children betwixt 9 months and 14 years, providing further extortion done different captious vaccines.

She added that the run covers Measles-Rubella vaccine: Children aged 9 months to 14 years, Childhood vaccines: 0-23 months, Polio vaccine: 0–59 months, HPV vaccine Girls aged 9 years and supra arsenic good arsenic further extortion against malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).

The archetypal woman emphasised that regular immunisation volition proceed successful each wellness facilities aft the run to guarantee that nary kid is near unprotected.

“Let maine emphasise that vaccines are safe, effective, and afloat paid for by the government. As a mother, I telephone connected each parents to sojourn the nearest wellness installation and guarantee their children person each recommended vaccine,” she appealed.

She commended the Bauchi State Government nether the enactment of Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed for its sustained committedness to the wellness and wellbeing of women and children done the State Primary Healthcare Board.

“Our authorities continues to grow immunisation services, amended wellness delivery, and fortify assemblage engagement. With beardown collaboration betwixt government, partners, and dedicated wellness workers, Bauchi is moving person to a aboriginal wherever nary kid dies from a vaccine-preventable disease,” she stated.

“Immunization is not conscionable an enactment of love, it is simply a work and work to our children and our communities,” she added.

Earlier, the authorities commissioner for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Sani Mohammed Dambam, described the run arsenic a landmark effort to safeguard the wellness of children crossed Bauchi State.

He explained that the run volition supply life-saving vaccines to support against aggregate diseases, with immunization continuing astatine each Primary Health Care (PHC) centres aft the exercise.

“These vaccines are safe, effective, and escaped of charge. They stay the champion extortion we tin springiness our children against deadly diseases,” helium assured.

Dambam noted that nether the enactment of Governor Bala Mohammed, the State Government has prioritised healthcare arsenic a instauration for quality superior improvement done infrastructure upgrades, enlargement of household readying services, and implementation of the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) strategy.

He acknowledged the enactment of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), WHO, UNICEF, and different partners for their relation successful improving immunisation sum and illness surveillance crossed the state.

“We indispensable each instrumentality work to guarantee that nary eligible kid is near unvaccinated,” helium urged, calling connected accepted rulers, spiritual leaders and others to enactment the exercise.