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The Kwara State government, connected Friday, launched an integrated vaccination run to forestall measles rubella and polio diseases among susceptible groups successful the state.
The exercise, which volition past for 10 days opening from Saturday, is expected to screen astatine slightest 1.8m children whose ages scope betwixt 9 months and 14 years (for measles rubella vaccine) and zero to 5 years for oral polio vaccine.
The programme was organised by the Kwara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency successful collaboration with UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO), among different improvement partners.
At the flag-off ceremonial successful Ilorin, the authorities capital, Kwara State First Lady, Prof. Olufolake Abdulrazaq, said the inaugural was not conscionable a argumentation milestone but a life-saving involution for Kwara children and families.
She called connected each parents and guardians to contiguous their children wrong the property scope for the vaccination.
“I commend the Kwara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency and each improvement partners for the efforts that culminated successful the motorboat of the roll-out of measles rubella vaccine successful the state,” she said.
She said the instauration of the measles-rubella (MRV) vaccine is indispensable and timely, considering the outbreaks of measles successful immoderate parts of the country.
“Nigeria present contends with a world successful which lone astir 60 per cent of children person the archetypal dose of measles vaccine, portion the 2nd dose sum is arsenic debased arsenic 38 per cent. This sum spread is liable for the outbreaks.
“By launching MRV, the country, Kwara inclusive, stands the accidental of closing a long-standing spread towards protecting each child, mother, and family,” she added.
The First Lady enjoined applicable stakeholders, including accepted and spiritual leaders, assemblage heads, and the media, to complement government’s efforts successful propagating the benefits of measles rubella and polio vaccines.
The commissioner for Health, Dr Amina El-Imam, said the run is simply a transformative nationalist wellness inaugural to prevention lives crossed the communities.
The enforcement secretary, State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Prof Nusirat Elelu, said the bureau was deploying 8,657 trained personnel, including wellness workers, supervisors, and information unit to transportation retired the campaign.
“Measles remains 1 of the astir contagious and fatal viral diseases affecting young children globally, contempt the availability of a harmless and highly effectual vaccine,” she stated.
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