By Auwal Mohammed
Gombe (Nigeria) — Gombe State in northeast Nigeria is targeting about 600,000 under five children for this year’s round of measles vaccination exercise slated for next month.
State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Kennedy Ishaya stated this at a press briefing on the forthcoming measles campaign in the country.
The Commissioner said, adequate preparations towards a successful Vaccination campaign are being carried out through various committees while different trainings at different stages are ongoing in the state to prepare health care workers who will participate in the campaign.
“I will like to take this opportunity to call on Political, Traditional and Religious leaders and indeed parents and guardians to give their maximum support by ensuring the campaign meet the target of vaccinating all eligible children”. He said
The coverage survey for Gombe state after the twenty fifteen measles vaccination campaign was around forty percent which is below the national average.
