The Kaduna State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (SPHCDA) on Monday said it would commence second round of polio immunisation across the state on April 16.
The Agency’s Deputy Director, Hamza
Ibrahim-Hamza, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna that the
vaccination would run from April 13 to April 16 in the state’s 23 local
government areas.
He said that the state hoped to achieve 85 percent in polio immunization, which is the national level.
“Our
routine immunisation is low but efforts by the local governments and
the state has reached 73 percent by a survey carried out in 2013.
Ibrahim-Hamza
said that the agency had intensified efforts to involve traditional and
religious leaders to track children that are under one year.
He said that at least two health workers would be sent to hard-to-reach areas for proper coverage.
“We
have mapped out all the communities for outreach services where we will
give them incentives to encourage them,’’ the SPHCDA official said.
He
appealed to parents, guardians and caregivers to ensure they made their
children available for immunisation during the campaign, and for
routine immunisation in nearby health centres or hospitals.
“The
vaccination will include house to house, and in hospitals, and we will
supervise 1,168 health facilities so that all communities will benefit
especially children less than one year.
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