Kano, UNICEF Targets 7.8m Children In Measles-Rubella, Polio Vaccination Campaign

Kano State authorities successful collaboration with the United Children Fund (UNICEF) plans to vaccinate implicit 7.8 cardinal children successful the Integrated Measles-Rubella and Polio Vaccination Campaign successful the October 2025 exercise.

The campaign, which begins connected October 6-17, targets children aged 9 months to 14 years for the measles-rubella vaccine; nether 5 with polio vaccines; infants betwixt 0–23 months with regular immunization; portion besides delivering immunization for hepatitis(HPV), and attraction for onchocerciasis.

Speaking connected Monday astatine a media dialog and predisposition league successful Kano, Director General of the State Primary Healthcare Management Board, Prof. Salisu Ibrahim represented by Dr. Ahmed Tijana, Director of Disease Control and Immunization, described the run arsenic historic, saying, Saying it is the largest run successful the full of sub-saharan Africa.

According to him, “In Nigeria, we are targeting 106 cardinal children, and successful Kano alone, implicit 7 cardinal children volition beryllium vaccinated. This integration saves costs, reduces the load of aggregate campaigns, and delivers wellness services successful a azygous package,” helium said.

He truthful urged the journalists to sensitised the nationalist to guarantee maximum coverage, noting that preparations for the 10-day run has been concluded with the deployment of 3,347 vaccination teams, proviso of 4.6 cardinal doses of caller oral polio vaccine, and 4.5 cardinal doses of bivalent oral polio vaccine which is supported by UNICEF and partners.

In his remarks, Rahama Farah, Chief of UNICEF Field Office Kano, noted that Kano is successful Phase One of the nationalist run covering 21 states.

He stressed the value of halting polio transmission, pointing retired that Kano recorded 3 cases of variant polio microorganism (cVPV2) successful 2025 compared to 31 successful 2024.

He added that UNICEF, alongside the Federal Ministry of Health, WHO, Gavi, the Gates Foundation, and civilian nine partners, has supported Kano with grooming of implicit 3,000 wellness workers, assemblage mobilizers, and the proviso of accusation materials to thrust acceptance.

“The media indispensable assistance mobilize caregivers and communities. Vaccines are safe, effective, and free,” Farah said, urging parents to marque their children disposable for vaccination.