By Nabilu Balarabe
Gumel – The Jigawa Primary Healthcare Development Agency (JPHDA), on Thursday says it targets not less than 35,750 children for vaccination against polio in Gumel Local Government Area of Jigawa under the Second Round Outbreak Response Programme.
Alhaji Habu Magaji, the agency’s Manager in the area, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gumel on Thursday the agency had acquired over 38,000 doses of the vaccine for the exercise which would run from April 27 to May 1.
Magaji said that over 300 personnel, comprising of supervisors, ward focal persons and adhoc staff, would be engaged in the exercise.
The manager also advised parents and caregivers to ensure that their children aged 0 to five , were presented for the vaccination.
JPHDA is a health care development agency established by the government of the state to provide adequate health care services for adults and children of all ages.
The agency says that in 2018, over 1.6 million children were immunised against polio and the six killer diseases in the second round of the immunisation campaign in the state.