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Wednesday 18 October 2017
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Kaduna Govt releases N38m for anti-measles campaign
The Kaduna State Government has released N38 million to combat measles as it embarks on a state-wide immunisation campaign.
At a joint press conference with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the state Deputy Director, Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA), Hamza Ibrahim Ikara, lamented the havoc the disease had caused in the state.
He particularly identified deformity and mortality as the major havoc of the disease.
Ikara who represented the Executive Secretary of PHCDA, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, said that Kaduna State “lost a lot of children to measles” in the last few years and “despite the efforts by state government, we are still recording reported cases of measles m in some local government areas.”
He said that the state government through PHCDA has concluded arrangements for the 2017 round of measles’ immunisation campaign starting from October 26.”
Designed to cover the 23 local government areas in the state, Ikara said that the first phase of the campaign e which will cover the North and Kaduna Central is billed for October 26 to October 31 while the second phase which is Southern Kaduna is slated for November 2 till November 7.
Ikara described measles as a dangerous disease, stressing it reduces children’s ability to fight other ailments leading to their death and urged parents to ensure that their children are vaccinated.