Polio: LASG kicks off immunisation campaign

Lagos State has kicked off  it’s 2022 1st and 2nd rounds Polio Outbreak Response (OBR) Immunisation campaign this weekend.

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The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Primary Healthcare Board, Dr. Ibrahim A. Mustafa, disclosed this in a statement, noting that although Nigeria was certified free from the Wild Polio Virus, (WPV) on 25 August 2020, after three consecutive years of zero reported cases.

According to him, there has been an increase in transmission of the new variant of poliovirus in some states of the country due to low routine immunisation coverage occasioned by security challenges and poor access to health care.

“In order to curb this, the Lagos State Government through the Lagos State Primary Health Care Board in collaboration with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency. NPHCD,  with support from partners (WHO , UNICEF, CHAI, Rotary Polio plus. etc) recommend that children 0-5 years receive two drops of the OPV  for two rounds irrespective of their previous immunisation status.

“The vaccination teams will be visiting all households, hospitals, schools, churches, mosques, recreational grounds, estates, markets, shopping plazas and other places,” Mustafa said.

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