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Enugu Govt Targets 1.2m Under-5 Children For Mass Polio Vaccination

Enugu Govt Targets 1.2m Under-5 Children For Mass Polio Vaccination

The Enugu State Government says it is targeting 1.2 million under five-year-old children for its May mass polio vaccination in the state.

Dr George Ugwu, Executive Secretary of Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Tuesday.

According to Ugwu, ENS-PHCDA, in collaboration with the state Ministry of Health, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF and other partners, will hold the May 2022 Mass Polio Vaccination from Saturday, May 14, to Tuesday, May 17, 2022.

“The statewide vaccination would take place simultaneously in all neighbourhoods in all Local Government Areas of the state.

“This immunisation campaign is for children between the ages of 0 and five, irrespective of the children’s immunisation status,” he said.

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