UNICEF TO VACCINATE 3.8 MILLION CHILDREN AGAINST MEASLES IN NORTHERN STATES
Patrick Akor, the Health Officer at UNICEF’s Bauchi Field Office, revealed at a press conference in Bauchi on Friday that the United Nations Children’s Fund will vaccinate at least 3.8 million children against measles in four northern states.
He said the vaccination exercise would start on Saturday and last for seven days.
Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, and Plateau are the four northern states where the integrated measles campaign will take place.
According to him, “For the measles campaign, we have a target of 3.8 million children aged nine to 59 months across the four states.
“We have received over 4 million doses of measles vaccines, which have been supplied across these four states.”
The health officer further explained that UNICEF will also launch an oral vaccination campaign against polio across five northern states.
He said, “For the oral polio vaccination, we have a target of 6.8 million children aged zero to 59 months, which is under five years, across the five states of Taraba, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, and Adamawa.
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