AMAC begins supplementary immunisation Feb. 25
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Immunisation
By Bukola Olaifa
Abuja, Feb.17, 2017 (NAN) The Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), says it will begin another round of supplementary Immunisation campaign from Feb. 25.
Mrs Modupe Adeyinka, Director and Head of Department, Health, AMAC, via a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, said it would end on Feb. 28.
She said that trained vaccinators would move from house to house, churches, mosques, schools, markets and places where children below 5years or 0-59months could be found.
Adeyinka said that more doses of the vaccine improve the immunisation status of children against poliomyelitis.
“Frequent campaign at this period was necessitated by the discovery of the virus in two local government areas in Borno in 2016.
She said that the large influx of people especially the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) into FCT classified FCT as one of the high risk states.
The director added that there was need to boost the immunity of susceptible children against the virus.
“I hereby appeal for support in educating parents and caregivers to please cooperate with our vaccinators when they come,“ she said.
She said that the vaccinators would be going around with their identity cards as vaccination team members, team supervisors, and ward focal person among others
“We will also appreciate if you can inform us of any child around your neighbourhood with weakness in any of the limbs and also notify us if our team missed your house, church, schools,“she said.
She said that other antigens to vaccinate children against other vaccine preventable childhood diseases, would also be given free by trained health personnel at all the government hospitals during this period.(NAN)
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Edited by Joseph Edeh/Obike Ukoh
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