Fifty years after the expanded immunisation programme, a UNICEF Health Specialist - Dr. Ijeoma Agbo has said that Nigeria needs a revamped vaccination system to address uneven vaccine access and other immunisation gaps that leave many children vulnerable to vaccine-related diseases.
Fifty years after the expanded immunisation programme, a UNICEF Health Specialist – Dr. Ijeoma Agbo has said that Nigeria needs a revamped vaccination system to address uneven vaccine access and other immunisation gaps that leave many children vulnerable to vaccine-related diseases.
“We have about 2.2 million children that are unvaccinated or turned at zero-dose, which we know is a huge risk or a huge threat to a lot of the work that has been done when it comes to immunisation.” “From time to time you see us talking about measles outbreak, just as I mentioned, the Diphtheria outbreak last year. We are seeing a variant of the polio virus. We are still seeing variants of this within the country, which is why we continue to have polio campaigns. “We still have issues of malnutrition and sanitation issues. So even the children do not have the immunity to fight diseases and to withstand them.
Agbo further explained: “If it’s a girl, nine to 14 years we have introduced the human-papilloma virus vaccine. “It is one vaccine that has been seen to prevent this cancer. Imagine a world whereby all our girls have been vaccinated against the HPV virus, which over the years can lead to cancer later in future. What does that mean? It means that in years to come, we will not be talking about cervical cancer.
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