Thursday, April 23, 2015

2nd Round Of National Immunisation Plus Days NIPDs Commences April 25th -28th – Lagos State Government

                        Health workers immunising infant in Lagos. Photo: csmonitor.com

The Lagos State Ministry of Health has announced that the 2nd Round of the 2015 National Immunisation Plus Days (NIPDs) will commence between April 25 – 28th.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the exercise would take place in all the 20 Local Government Areas and the 37 Local Council Development Areas.

Dr Said Waheed, the Medical Health Officer, Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area, told NAN that the programme was aimed at eradicating polio from the communities.

Waheed said that children between the ages of 0 to 5 years were expected to be captured in the exercise. “The NIPDs is a tripartite programme, which comprises the National, States and Local Governments, sponsored by some Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs).

“The exercise will be implemented from Saturday till Tuesday 28th of April, while the flag off programme will be held on Friday, 24th by Gov. Babatunde Fashola at the Local Government Secretariat,’’ he said.

The health officer said that the health officials would be grouped into three teams to ensure effective treatment. “There will be three teams involved in the exercise, the Fixed team, Transit team and House to House team; the teams will include the health officials deployed to carry out the exercise.

“The Fixed team will be stationed in some areas to attend to people, while the Transit team will be moving from one bus-stop to another and also on major roads. “The House to house team will be going to houses to immunise children from age 0-5 years until they cover the 20 wards in the local council,’’ he explained.

Meanwhile, Dr Waheed has appealed to parents and guardians to ensure that all their children receive the polio vaccine when health workers approach them during the exercise.

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