Kwara vaccinates 197, 269 children against measles

Date: 2018-03-11

About 197,269 children have been vaccinated against measles in the first phase of the programme in Kwara State.

The first phase which began early this month, covers eight local government areas, according to state officials.

The beneficiary council areas are Asa, Baruten, Edu, Ekiti, Is in, Oyun, Ilorin West and Ifelodun, while the Second Phase will cover Ilorin South, Kaima, Patigi, Oke-Ero, Irepodun, Offa Ilorin East and Moro.

A total of 404,703 children are targeted for the entire programme, as state officials promised to ensure complete coverage of the captured areas.

While flagging off the campaign Governor Abdulfattah Ahmed had warned that on no account should parents deprive their children a secure future and a healthy life on the basis of cultural and religious beliefs.

According to him the state government had put in place strategies to reduce the burden of measles and placed a high premium on Primary Health Care and Routine Immunisation.

"The government has supported Primary Health Care activities by paying the counterpart fund for this Measles Vaccination Campaign and the biannual Maternal, New-born Child Health (MNCH) Week which is aimed at delivering high impact interventions to mothers and children", he said.

Ahmed also assured Kwarans that the forthcoming State Health Insurance Scheme would also ensure that quality and affordable health care services, including immunization, are accessible to all citizens of the State regardless of their economic status.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Saliu Alamoyo     Awoye     Mansur Alfanla     Shehu Jimoh     Kayode Bankole     Baba Isale     Baba Idris     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Ahmed     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Kazeem Adekanye     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Olatinwo     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Prince Bola Ajibola     Hamid Bobboyi     Oke-Ero     Saliu Oluwole     Aso Ofi     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     CUTI     Salihu Yahaya     Michael Ologundea     Sulyman Tejidini     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Valsolar     Okanlawon Taiwo     Femi Agbaje     Idiagbon     Gaa Olobi     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Ilorin Emirate     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Basit Olatunji     Ndama Al-hassan     SAPZ Project     Kannike     Olaoye B. Felix     Saheed Akinwumi     Students Union Government     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Amos Bajeh     Ado Bayero     Marufat Oladosu     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Akorede     Salami Adekunle     Ilofa     Saka Onimago     Kawu     Usman Rifun     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Mumeen Lah     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Simon Sayomi     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Frootify     Bukola Saraki     KWATMA     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Folaranmi Aro     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Oko-Erin     KW-GIS     Ejidongari     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     V.O. Abioye     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     BIR    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Bolaji Abdullahi     Mohammed Yisa     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Ibrahim Oniye     Abdullahi Samari     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Iyiola Oyedepo     Mahfouz Adedimeji     College Of Education     Raymond Olaitan     Sarah Alade     Kwara State Fire Service     Ibrahim Akaje     Unilorin FM     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Plat Technologies     Kehinde Baale     Charcoal     Hakeem Lawal     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Alanamu     Sai Kayi     2017 Budget     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Saidu Yaro Musa     Ramadan     NIPR     Florence Saraki     Umaru Saro     Rihanat Ajia     Omupo     Earlyon Technologies     Balikis Jawondo     Medview Airlines     Kola Adesina     KWASSIP     Mumeen Lah     IDPU     Magaji Nda     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Ganiyu Abolarin     Rebecca Bake     Ajasse-Ipo     Bola Tinubu     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Hauwa Nuru     COVID-19 Palliatives     Kayode Alabi     Abubakar Ndakene     MINILS     Igbaja     Afetu Of Alabe     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Falokun-Oja     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Samuel Adaramola     Okin High School     IEDPU     Yinka Aluko     Tuesday Assayomo     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Sebastine Obasi     Bola Magaji     Tunji Oyawoye     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Sa\'adu Salau     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Tunde Oyawoye     Dan Masanin     Shururat Olatinwo     Gbenga Awoyale     Maryam Ado Bayero     TESCOM 2025     Bola Ahmed Tinubu