Anambra State governor’s wife, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has called for active participation and turn out from all stakeholders as the state kicks off the 2024 routine immunization programme.
Mrs Soludo who stated this in a statement released in Awka, observed that scheduled immunization offers another opportunity for a collective approach against so many child killer diseases.
The scheduled routine immunization, which provides vaccination for vaccine-preventable diseases, is available for children between the ages of zero and fifteen months.
According to the Anambra State Ministry of Health, “The vaccination programme is being carried out in all the primary health centres as well as secondary and tertiary health facilities in the state.”
Some of the major diseases to be vaccinated against include poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, hepatitis, diphtheria, diarrhoea, pneumonia, whooping cough, tetanus and meningitis.
Commenting on the programme, Mrs Soludo said that the government has set a new target in both coverage and results, explaining that this year’s exercise will be carried out with a better vision.
She, however, added that to achieve a better result from the programme, every stakeholder has to fall in with better efforts to complement government targets and goals.
The governor’s wife equally urged parents and guardians whose children are within the eligible vaccination ages to ensure that they get them duly vaccinated.
Mrs Soludo also urged health workers who ate administering the vaccination to target people in rural communities, especially those living in riverine areas.
The Anambra first lady further stated that even though the state has made great progress in tackling child-killer diseases, earning it the second spot as the state with lowest number of Under-5 mortality in the country, the current administration is determined to achieve the least count of infant deaths that would be very sustainable.
Source : https://von.gov.ng/anambra-governors-wife-calls-for-active-participation-on-routine-immunization/