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Vaccination
Daura (Katsina) Nov. 16, 2017 (NAN) No fewer than 51,000 children in Daura Local Government area of Katsina State are to be vaccinated against measles in the next six days.
The Acting Chairman of the Local Government Council, Alhaji Lawal Kado, gave the figure at the flag-off of the exercise in Daura on Thursday.
Kado said that the immunisation would last for six days in 11 wards of the council area.
He said that the council had deployed competent officials to monitor the exercise.
Kado commended UNICEF and WHO for resilience in promoting the health of children in Nigeria.
Earlier, the representative of WHO, Mrs Umoe Gfrida, hailed Daura Local Government for supporting immunization programmes .
She called on parents to take advantage of the opportunity to immunise their children against measles, which she described as a killer-disease.
“A healthy child is a glorious nation,’’ she said.
Malam Ahmed Murtala, Head of the Health Department of the council, said that 68 teams had been engaged for the exercise.
He said that children between the ages of nine months and five years would be vaccinated against the disease. (NAN)
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Edited by Kevin Okunzuwa/Ijeoma Popoola