The United Nations Children’s Fund announced that at least 3.8 million children will be vaccinated against measles in four northern states.
The Health Officer at UNICEF’s Bauchi Field Office, Patrick Akor, announced this at a press conference in Bauchi on Friday, stating that the vaccination exercise would commence on Saturday and would last for seven days.
He highlighted that the four northern states where the integrated measles campaign will take place are Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, and Plateau.
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.
The total number of vaccines that have already been delivered is 7.4 million doses across these five states.
We are aiming to ensure that no child is left behind; all children of eligible age should be reached and vaccinated.
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