Anambra Governor’s Wife Flags Off 2024 Immunization Week, Says Active Participation Key To Reach Target.
By Daniel Ezeigwe
Wife of Anambra State governor, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has flagged off the 2024 Immunization Week in Anambra State.
The governor’s wife who flagged off the exercise in Awka, stated that the scheduled immunization which has officially begun in the State, offers another opportunity for collective approach for prevention and control of so many child killer diseases.
The scheduled routine immunization, which provides vaccination for vaccine-preventable diseases, is available for children between the ages of zero and fifteen months.
According to the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike, the vaccination programme will be carried out in all the Primary Health Centres, as well as secondary and tertiary health facilities across the state.
Some of the major diseases to be vaccinated against include poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, hepatitis, diphtheria, diarrhoea, pneumonia, whooping cough, tetanus and meningitis.
Commenting on the programme which falls under her supervision, Mrs Soludo said that the government has set a new target in both coverage and results, explaining that this year’s exercise will be carried out with a better vision.
She, however, added that to achieve a better result from the programme, every stakeholder has to fall in with better efforts to complement government targets and goals.
She also urged parents and guardians whose children are within the eligible vaccination ages to ensure that they get them duly vaccinated.
Mrs Soludo also urged health workers who would be administering the vaccination to target people in rural communities, especially those living in riverine areas, and also asked women leaders in the 326 wards of the state to lead the programme in their respective communities.
She further commended the World Health Organization (WHO) office in Anambra State for providing timely support for the vaccination and other leading health interventions, describing the global body’s partnership with the State as strategic.
The Anambra first lady further stated that though the state has made great progress in tackling child-killer diseases, which earned it the second spot as the state with lowest number of Under-5 mortality in the country, the current administration is determined to achieve the least count of infant deaths that would be very sustainable.
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