The First Lady of Anambra State, Mrs. Nonye Soludo, has disclosed plans to vaccinate over 267,000 children against Rota Virus annually in the State.
This was revealed during the African Vaccination Week and Rota Virus Vaccine Post Introduction Intensification Exercise in Onitsha, the commercial city of the State.
She affirmed that Rota Virus remained a major child-killer disease, with the number of deaths recorded annually, an indication that the disease must be wiped out without delay.
Mrs. Soludo encouraged mothers with children between the age of six weeks and 23 months to visit any health facility in the State and get their kids vaccinated.
The Governor Wife reminded them that the vaccination was administered free of charge and told the women to report anyone asking for money to administer the vaccine to the appropriate authorities.
She said her husband’s administration was adopting best measures to achieve the lowest count on childhood mortality in the State.
Mrs. Soludo called on Nigerian mothers to always handle health related matters with utmost care.
While commending the World Health Organisation (WHO); the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF; and State-based Health Workers for the support they had shown to the current exercise and other programmes, Mrs. Soludo noted that the State had never failed to do the needful to maximize immunization coverage.
BY SUNNY A. DAVID
