{"id":166857,"date":"2025-06-14T12:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T11:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/adamawa-commences-polio-vaccination-targeting-1-3m-children"},"modified":"2025-06-14T13:33:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T12:33:16","slug":"adamawa-commences-polio-vaccination-targeting-1-3m-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/adamawa-commences-polio-vaccination-targeting-1-3m-children","title":{"rendered":"Adamawa commences polio vaccination targeting 1.3m children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Adamawa State on Saturday commenced the June 2025 oral polio vaccination targeting over 1.3 million children aged 0\u201359 months.<\/p>\n<p>The state government explained at a press briefing, forming part of the four-day vaccination exercise lasting June 14 to June 17, that it had received a total of 1,572,300 doses of the vaccines for the targeted 1,379,814 children across the 21 LGAs of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The State Director of Disease Control and Immunization, Dr. James Vasumu, who gave the figures, said necessary sensitization had been carried out for all parents across the 226 wards of the state to present their under-five children for the vital oral polio vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Chairman of the Adamawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Suleiman Bashir, appealed for media coverage of the oral polio vaccination campaign that will achieve 100 percent acceptance by the people.<\/p>\n<p>Making the point that some families in certain places still view the oral vaccines with skepticism, Bashir told the newsmen at the briefing, \u201cWe need behavioural change among households. We need them to believe that the vaccine is safe and to access this vaccination which government spends much money to make available for free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Oral Polio Vaccination Campaign is a joint venture by the Federal Government, the various state governments, as well as NGOs that include UNICEF, WHO, and other partners.<\/p>\n<p>A national official from the Emergency Operation Centre, Professor Georgina Odaibo, who bears the responsibility of improving information sharing regarding the polio vaccination campaign, said she has enough expertise as a virologist to attest to the safety of the polio vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that though Nigeria is free of wild polio, the vaccination is necessary to reinforce the country\u2019s status and ensure that no Nigerian falls victim should any infected foreigner get into the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Adamawa State on Saturday commenced the June 2025 oral polio vaccination targeting over 1.3 million children aged 0\u201359 months. 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