Polio vaccination

The Kaduna State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA) says it is targeting over 2.8 million children for the second round of polio outbreak response immunisation in the state.

The agencys Deputy Director, Hamza Ibrahim-Hamza, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kaduna that the vaccination would run from April 20 to April 23 in the states 23 local government areas.

He said that the state hoped to achieve 85 per cent in the exercise, adding we are commencing the exercise on Saturday and hope to achieve total compliance by the parents and caregivers.

Ibrahim-Hamza appealed to parents, guardians and caregivers to ensure they make their children available for immunisation during the campaign and for routine immunisation in any nearby health centre or hospital.

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