Council chairman tasks parents on polio immunisation
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Immunisation
By Bukola Adewumi
Abuja, Oct.14, 2016 (NAN) Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Chairman Abdullahi Candido has appealed to parents and guardians to release their children and wards for polio immunisation, to reduce the number of disabled children in the society.
Candido made the appealed at the launch of the 2016 Outbreak Response Round 2 on Friday in Abuja.
He advised parents and guardians to take advantage of the free house-to-house anti-polio campaign and fixed post outbreak response to bring out their children and wards between ages 0-59 months for immunisation.
He said that this would go a long way in reducing the number of crippled and disabled children in the country.
The chairman further urged traditional rulers, women leaders, youth leaders and other stakeholders to come out en masse to join the fight against polio
He also urged residents to give maximum support to the vaccinators, while calling on elected leaders to offer support for the campaign programme to rid the Abuja of polio.
Candido said that the council would ensure positive outcome of the implementation of the outbreak response against polio, adding that the increasing influx of people into the capital city made it more compelling.
“We are all aware that poliomyelitis can deform our children and cut short their future; that is why all effort is being made to ensure that every child is immunised in the council.”
He said that the vaccinators were fully mobilised for the job, adding that the council had produced identity cards for them for easy identification as they go from house-to-house.
Dr Modupe Adeyinka, the Head of Health Department, AMAC, commended the move to vaccinate children in the council, saying that this would prevent polio and other related diseases in the capital city.
He said that all hand would be on deck as the council was moving toward achieving a polio free city. (NAN)
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Edited by Nkechi Okoronkwo
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