Jigawa to Commense Measles Immunization on Nov 9

Jigawa State is set to immunise 1.2 million children against measles across the state, with the first phase flagged between Thursday,November 9th and Tuesday, November 14th in 17 local governments.

Dr Kabiru Ali, the Executive Secretary of the state Primary Healthcare Development Agency (PHCDA), said the state government has made enough provision of vaccines for the course for a smooth and successful exercise.

In addition to the provision of enough vaccines, He said over 3000 trained health workers would be engaged to administer the vaccines at designated centres across the 27 local government areas of the state.

According to him, the second phase will be conducted between Nov. 17 and Nov. 21 in the remaining 10 local government areas of the state.

He, therefore, urged stakeholders, particularly traditional and religious leaders to assist in mobilising people to participate in the exercise to ensuThe executive secretary particularly appealed to parents to take their children and wards to nearest vaccination centres in their communities.He pointed out that the gesture was to ensure that all the children targeted were immunised against the disease.

“This is to facilitate quick response to the disease and other emergency situations in the state. We are appealing to stakeholders to cooperate with the health workers to facilitate smooth conduct of the exercise,” he said.