Kaduna Begins Polio Immunisation Campaign
The Kaduna State Primary Healthcare
Development Agency ( SPHCDA ) on Thursday commenced its first round of
Polio immunisation across the state.
Mr Hamza Ibrahim-Ikara, the SPHCDA’s
Deputy Director and Malam Lawal Dogara, the Coordinator of Journalists
Initiative on Immunisation against Polio ( JAP ), Kaduna State Chapter,
made this known in a joint statement.
They said that the polio vaccination which started on April 5 would end on April 10.
According to them, it will be conducted on the streets, house-to-house, markets, motor parks and highways, among others.
The duo, therefore, called on parents
and caregivers to make their children available for vaccination at the
nearest health centres.
They said that the vaccination would
enable children to grow healthier, urging the parents to ensure that
they allowed the vaccinators to attend to their wards.
The SPHCDA and JAP also explained that
adequate arrangement had been made for the smooth conduct of the
exercise by the state government, SPHCDA, development partners and other
stakeholders.
They appealed to traditional rulers and
religious leaders to give the needed support and cooperation to ensure
the success of the polio campaign in the state.
NAN
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