Yellow Fever: Gov. Buni Rolls Out Integrated Vaccination, Targets 3.6m Individuals
The Commissioner of Health, Dr Mohammed Gana represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Isa Bukar flagged off the exercise in Damaturu, saying 90 per cent of the eligible nine months to 40 years of age will be vaccinated within 12 days of exercise.
“Yellow Fever vaccination campaign has been conducted in many states in the country. Yobe and 2 others will be implementing the campaign in November 2024. The Yobe State Ministry of Health and State Primary Healthcare Board in collaboration with the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency and our development partners plan to conduct the integrated yellow fever vaccination campaign from today 12th – 24th November, 2024”
“The target is to reach at least 90% of eligible people aged 9 months to 44 years which translates to over 3.6 million people in the state (85% of the state total population) that will be vaccinated during the campaign” he said.
The Executive Secretary of the State Primary Healthcare Management Board, revealed Nigeria is one of the leading countries in Africa with a high number of Yellow Fever diseases in recent years.
Represented by the Director Immunisation and Disease Control, Dr. Umar Chiroma explained 1,608 teams would be dispatched across the 17 local government areas of the state for 12 days beginning from Tuesday 12th to 24th November, 2024.
The representatives of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Hassan Mshelia and the other partners sought the acceptance of the vaccination so as to get rid of the disease among the populace.
The exercise is expected to be held concurrently in Yobe, Lagos and Borno states.
