The Kaduna State Government has focused between 1.3 million and 1.5 million youngsters below the age of 5 for vaccination in opposition to polio in a sub-national immunisation marketing campaign throughout 9 native authorities areas of the state beginning right this moment, Thursday, November 5, 2026.
Notification has been despatched despatched to properties, faculties, worship facilities, streets, playgrounds amongst others for efficient protection inside per week.
The State Health Education Officer of the Kaduna State Primary Health Care Board, Isah Yushau, instructed LEADERSHIP on preparations for the marketing campaign, saying 101 wards can be lined.
The marketing campaign, he stated, was geared toward defending youngsters from polio, significantly in view of the circulation of mutant poliovirus in neighbouring states and the detection of circumstances in Kaduna.
He recognized the focused native authorities areas as Chikun, Igabi, Giwa, Kudan, Makarfi, Ikara, Soba, Sabon Gari and Zaria.
According to him, vaccination groups would attain youngsters in households, faculties, church buildings, mosques, playgrounds, streets and different places the place youngsters are more likely to be discovered.
“We have already made satisfactory plans to go to all these locations.
“Our personnel have been trained, and adequate supplies of vaccines and other logistics have been provided,” he stated.
The well being official defined that the marketing campaign was significantly vital as a result of neighbouring states have been experiencing infections from completely different variants of poliovirus.
He added that Kaduna State had additionally recorded the isolation of two mutant poliovirus samples earlier within the 12 months in Soba and Igabi native authorities areas, following related detections in some native authorities areas in the direction of the top of final 12 months.
Yushau stated the event underscored the necessity to make sure that all eligible youngsters obtained the required doses of polio vaccines to strengthen their immunity in opposition to the illness.
He urged dad and mom and caregivers to cooperate with vaccination groups and be certain that their youngsters obtained routine immunisation in opposition to childhood killer ailments.
“The health of our children is our pride, and parents and caregivers need to do everything within their capacity to ensure that their children get all the required vaccines against childhood killer diseases,” he stated.
Yushau additional stated that, past the polio marketing campaign, different vaccines have been accessible at designated immunisation posts to guard youngsters in opposition to ailments resembling tuberculosis, measles, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and pneumonia.
The vaccines offered below the nationwide immunisation schedule remained important to defending youngsters from preventable ailments.
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