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Polio: Yobe vaccinates 1.1m children 

Polio: Yobe vaccinates 1.1m children
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Polio
Damaturu, Oct. 25, 2019 (NAN) Dr Hauwa Goni, the Executive Secretary, Yobe Primary Healthcare Management Board, said over 1.1 million children under age five have been immunised against polio virus this year.
She disclosed this on Wednesday at a press conference in Damaturu to mark the World Polio Day.
Goni said that the state recorded its last case of polio virus three years ago, stressing “precisely, since 14th April, 2014, no case was recorded in Yobe state”.
The scribe said the task force on polio immunisation under the leadership of the state Deputy Gov. Abubakar Aliyu, has sustained the campaign to ensure complete eradication of the virus across the state.
“The success recorded in polio eradication in Yobe state is due to sustained efforts and political commitments of Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam by providing the necessary resources for polio eradication at all levels,” she said.
Goni said the task force on polio eradication was collaborating with ministries of education and religious affairs, school authorities and traditional rulers to create more awareness on polio eradication.
She said the task force was also liaising with parents and all stakeholders to clear rumours on alleged strange injection on heads and abdomen of primary school pupils.
“There is no truth in the baseless rumour and not a single case of the strange injection has been established anywhere in the state.
“We have made parents to disregard this, take note of announcements on radio on the vaccination exercise and present their children for vaccination,” Goni said.
She advised residents to seek information and improve their health behaviour to prevent diseases. (NAN)
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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Health

Polio: Council uses sweet to woo children

Polio: Council uses sweet to woo children
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Polio
By Muhammad Nasir Bashir
Dutse, Oct. 17, 2017 (NAN) The Malammadori Local Government Council of Jigawa says it is using sweets to woo children for vaccination against polio in the ongoing immunisation programme.
The council’s Information Officer, Alhaji Fahad Muhammad, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Dutse that 26 cartons of sweet were bought for the exercise.
Muhammad said the council was targeting to vaccinate no fewer than 46,966 children during the period.
He said that the council has received 50,500 doses of Oral Polio Vaccines for the smooth conduct of the exercise.
The Health Educator of the council, Malam Hamza Bello, urged traditional rulers and religious leaders in the area to support the exercise to ensure its success.
He advised parents to present their children and wards at designated centres close to their respective communities for the exercise.
NAN reports that the current round of the polio immunisation for the month of October was flagged off in all the 27 local government areas of the state on Monday. (NAN)
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Edited by Remi Koleoso/Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Health

New strategies reduces Polio resistance in Kano – Official

New strategies reduces Polio resistance in Kano – Official

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Immunisation

By Aisha Ahmed

Kumbotso (Kano State), July 10, 2017 (NAN) The Kumbotso Local Government Council of Kano State says its new strategy of involving resistance group in Polio immunisation has brought down the level of rejection in the area.

The Manager, National Polio Immunisation of the local government, Malam Najib Garun-Daga, made this known while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kumbotso on the outcome of the July round of the Immunisation Plus Days (IPDs).

He noted that many residents of the area were resisting immunisation due to religious beliefs and complaints of too many rounds.

However, he said the new strategies were deployed in between round activities, community dialogues organised by health educators, sensitisation of care givers as well as rapid response by all stakeholders.

“The strategy that favoured us the most is the inclusion of the most resistant religious group into immunisation exercise and other activities,” he said.

Garun-Daga added that the council had resolved almost all the cases of non-compliance in the area which made the local government to be in the list of high risk areas in the previous rounds.

NAN reports that Kumbotso local government area still remained in the list of local governments where residents still resist polio immunisation due to various reasons.

The local government has targeted close to 200,000 children below the age of five for immunisation in the July round of the IPDs. (NAN)

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Edited by Abiodun Esan/Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Health

Jibia LGC targets 80,000 children for polio immunisation – Official

Jibia LGC targets 80,000 children for polio immunisation – Official NAN-HG-10

Polio

By Zubairu Idris

Jibia (Katsina State), July 7, 2017 (NAN) No fewer than 80,000 children would be immunised against polio in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State during the fifth round of Immunisation Plus Days (IPDs).

The Director, Primary Healthcare Department in the local government, Alhaji Hamisu Lawal, disclosed this on Friday while flagging off the exercise in Farfaru village.

He said that the state government has provided 96,000 doses of Oral Polio Vaccines (OPV) for the targeted children.

Lawal said that 307 vaccinators had already been deployed to the 11 political wards in the area to immunise the children.

He said that Jibia was one the high risk local governments in the state, hence the need for the parents to allow their children to be immunised against the disease.

The director said that OPV was harmless and used worldwide, pointing out that the exercise is intended to prevent children from the disease which leave its victims with permanent deformity.

He, therefore, urged parents to continue to present their children to the vaccinators who would visit house-to-house to cover all eligible children.

He further urged traditional rulers and religious leaders to intensify efforts toward enlightening their followers on the dangers associated with rejecting the vaccine.

The acting Chairman of the council, Alhaji Almustapha Idris, assured the council’s continuous support toward eradicating the disease in the area.

He commended UNICEF, development partners, media and other stakeholders for supporting the fight against polio and other child killer diseases.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that poliomyelitis was last reported in the state in 2012.

NAN also reports that over 2 million children were targeted during the exercise across the 34 local government areas of the state according to the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency.

The agency also identified Katsina, Funtua, Daura, Mani and Jibia local governments as high risk areas. (NAN)

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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Health

Polio: Jigawa LG targets 66,241 children for immunisation

Polio: Jigawa LG targets 66,241 children for immunisation NAN-HG-7

Immunisation

By Muhammad Nasir Bashir

Dutse, July 7, 2017 (NAN) The Miga Local Government Council of Jigawa says it is targeting no fewer than 66,241 children immunisation against polio in the July round of polio immunisation campaign in the area.

The Information Officer of the council, Malam Abdullahi Yakubu, made this knwon to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Friday.

Yakubu said the council had received 70,000 doses of Oral Polio Vaccines (OPVs) to cover the targeted number of children.

He explained that the children would be immunised against polio and other child killer diseases during the five-day exercise.

The spokesperson added that UNICEF in collaboration with the State Government had provided 80 cartons of milk, 17 cartons of biscuits, 30 cartons of sweet and one carton of whistle 19 to be distributed to children during the exercise.

He also disclosed that the council had provided 20 cartons of sweets to woo children participate during the house-to-house immunisation.

According to him, the council, under the supervision of its Health Educator, Alhaji Sule Shehu, had conducted sensitisation campaign on the need for parents to present their children to be immunised against the polio virus.

Yakubu added that the council had also conducted a community dialogue in Gwari and Shumawa villages in order to address the issue of habitual noncompliance by some households.

He said that arrangements had also been made to disseminate key messages to the affected communities using town criers and through weekly sermons at Juma’at mosques.

The spokesman noted that series of advocacy visits were paid to religious leaders, traditional rulers as well as government officials to seek their support and cooperation for the successful conduct of the exercise.

NAN also reports that the polio immunisation for the month of July would be flagged off in all the 27 local government areas of the state on July 8. (NAN)

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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Health

Polio: Sandamu LGC set to immunise 52,000 children

Polio: Sandamu LGC set to immunise 52,000 children

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Immunisation

Sandamu (Katsina State), April 26, 2017 (NAN) The Sandamu Local Council of Katsina State says it will immunise 52,000 children in the ongoing exercise in the area.

Hajiya Sakina Zango, the council’s Director of Primary Health Care (PHC), disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sandamu on Monday.

She said the council has taken delivery of enough vaccines from the state primary health care agency, and engaged 89 trained vaccinators and 11 focal persons.

Zango said the four-day exercise would be conducted across the 11 electoral wards in the area, stressing that “our vaccinators will go house to house and school to school for a wider and effective coverage’’.

“The exercise kick started on the 23rd of this month and it would end by next Tuesday 27th of this month,” she said.

She said the council has increased Routine Immunisation Centeres (RIC) from seven to 10.

However, the director said “we conduct immunisation against measles, meningitis and other child killer diseases in those centres’’.

She said the area has achieved 100 per cent compliance on immunisation due the enlightenment campaign through radio, traditional and religious leaders.

Alhaji Sale Isa, the Sole Administrator of the council, commended the people of the area for their cooperation and understanding which led to the success of the exercise.

He called on parents to sustain the tempo, pledging the council’s resolve to continue to support immunisation campaigns to promote healthy and productive living among residents.

Isa disclosed that one case of meningitis was recorded at Jama’ar Chiroma village, but the victim survived it. (NAN)

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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Health

FCTA urges residents to embrace Polio vaccination

FCTA urges residents to embrace Polio vaccination

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Polio

By Mustapha Sumaila

Abuja, April 6, 2017 (NAN) Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, the Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Primary Health Care Development Board, has called on residents to embrace polio immunisation.

Mohammed made the appeal while fielding questions from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the current routine vaccination on Thursday in Abuja.

He decried the rejection of vaccination against polio by some schools and worship places in the FCT.

According to him, the routine immunisation was designed to combat further spread of the disease in the territory.

The scribe regretted that the non-compliance could bring a set back to the exercise.

Mohammed noted that some conventional and Islamic schools as well as churches in FCT rejected the vaccines in the just concluded March round immunisation against polio myelitis.

According to him, those who rejected the vaccine claimed that the immunisation was becoming too frequent, saying their kids had taken enough.

The secretary therefore urged parents to cooperate with the officials and continue to accept the vaccination because there was no overdose.

Mohammed said that though there was no fresh case of polio in the FCT as of now, but the vaccination became necessary due to the outbreak recorded in Borno sometime last year.

“This routine exercise is good for our children because we still have IDPs coming from Borno state to the territory.

“The FCT Minister had been intimated about the development and he ordered that schools in the FCT should henceforth comply and accept the vaccines.

“We also met with traditional rulers and religious leaders to seek for their cooperation in addressing the problem of non-compliance,” he said.

The also said that some foreign nationals who rejected the polio vaccines claimed that their children had taken the vaccine from their countries.

Mohammed said that about 879,725 eligible children were immunised in the just concluded exercise.

He added that in spite of the rejection, his team was able to achieve 97 per cent coverage in the territory. (NAN)

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Edited by Halima Sheji/Muhammad Suleiman Tola

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Polio: Daura LG targets 82,000 children

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Daura (Katsina) March 27, 2017 (NAN)The Daura Local Government of  Katsina State says it is targeting  82,000 children for immunisation against polio in a four-day exercise.

Alhaji Salish Haro, its Information Officer, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Daura that the exercise, which started on Saturday, March 25, would end on Tuesday, March 28.

He said that 270 personnel had been engaged for the exercise, and advised community and religious leaders to ensure that every child was immunised.

Alhaji Ahmed Murtala, the Director of Primary Health Care in the local government, who also spoke on the exercise,  said the council had received enough vaccines in addition to equipment that would retain the efficacy of the drugs.

“We have mapped out strategies to ensure that all areas are covered; nothing will be taken for granted,” he said.

Murtala expressed happiness that no case of  rejection had been reported, adding that the local government would soon begin routine immunisation exercise against measles, meningitis and other killer diseases (NAN)

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Edited by Shittu Obassa and Ephraims Sheyin

 

 

Health

Jos communities reject polio vaccine, want food instead

 

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Immunisation

By Martha Nuhu

Jos, Jan. 30, 2017 (NAN) Some communities in Jos North Local Government of Plateau, have refused to participate in the on-going immunisation exercise against polio, citing hunger as their reason.

“The communities have shunned entreaties by the immunisation officers; they say the vaccine should be replaced with food,” Mrs Hannatu Davat, the Local Immunisation Officer, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Jos on Monday.

NAN reports that the immunisation exercise, which began on Jan. 28, is co-sponsored by the local government in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, UNICEF and the Nigerian Rotary Club.

The four-day exercise, targeted at children below five years, vaccinates the group against polio and other killer diseases including hepatitis, measles, yellow fever and tetanus.

Davat explained that the parents, who rejected the vaccine, asked government to rather work toward slashing the prices of food items.

She said that other residents, who refused to participate, claimed that they had collected too many rounds of the vaccination, while others described the vaccines as “’western medicine”.

The officer further said that even doctors rejected the vaccines on the grounds that government was paying too much attention to polio while neglecting other serious diseases.

“The local government has reported the development to the Plateau chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), who have promised to ensure that no doctor rejects any polio vaccines meant for children.

“One of the doctors mentioned Mumps as one of the diseases being neglected, and described it as a serious disease which government hardly worry about.”

Davat said that the local government had set up a social mobilization team that was moving through affected communities to sensitise them on the importance of taking the vaccines.

“Based on such efforts, some of the communities have changed their initial stance and are ready to bring their children, but others have remained adamant,” she said.

The officer, who refused to name the specific communities, however revealed that three wards were involved.

“We have seven rounds of immunisation this year and this is just the first round; if we are not able to resolve the lingering issues, we shall forward them to the state office for further action,” Davat said. (NAN)

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Edited by Ephraims Sheyin