African Vaccination Week: Nigeria to conduct mass immunisation
Nigeria has concluded plans for mass vaccination of children in all parts of the country throughout the period of the 2019 African Vaccination Week.
He said the coverage rate has moved from 48 per cent in 2015 to 57 per cent in 2018 as revealed by the recent SMART survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics. The African region has set out the April 22- 28 for this year’s edition, with the theme “Protected Together: Vaccines Work.” He urge parents, guardians and caregivers to avail themselves of the unique opportunity and make their children and wards available for immunisation.
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