Dr Mulombo said this on Tuesday at a media roundtable in commemoration of the 2023 African Vaccination Week.
Mulombo noted that to galvanize the commitments required, WHO conducted a high-level event during the African Union Summit in February 2023, where African heads of state endorsed a declaration aimed at revamping and scaling up routine immunisation across the continent and implementing urgent measures to address persistent bottlenecks in vaccine and health care delivery systems
“To realise this declaration, this year African Vaccination Week and World Immunization Week, from 24–30 April, with the theme “The Big Catch-Up” has been announced. This is a global push by WHO and partners to intensify efforts to reach children who missed vaccinations, as well as to restore and strengthen routine immunization programmes. The ‘Big Catch Up’ is a year-long campaign aiming to reverse the serious setbacks in routine immunisation,” he said.
The WHO representative said the organisation is supporting Nigeria’s full participation in the Regional Working Group for Catch-up to ensure effective planning and resource mobilization for the 20 countries with a high burden of zero-dose children in the region. “WHO since 2015 issued revised immunisation scheduled to support the ‘Big Catch-up’ where children who have missed being vaccinated can be safely vaccinated with appropriate vaccines. This is part of over 15 guidelines and strategies issued to countries including Nigeria.
“WHO is supporting the NPHCDA engagement with 36 states and the FCT to develop tailored strategies to reach zero dose and unimmunised children. WHO has prioritised technical support for the Zero Dose agenda and the Big Catch-up in all state and Local Government Areas,” he added.All rights reserved.
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