Polio Vaccine: WHO Engages Stakeholders to Promote ‘No More Zero Dose’ in Kaduna
By Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna
The ongoing polio vaccination exercise has taken a new dimension in Kaduna State as the World Health Organization (WHO) has engaged major stakeholders including the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to promote it in motor parks and garages across the state.
This is coming barely a week after the World Polio Day was observed with the launch of the “No More Zero Dose” polio immunization song by International artists towards ensuring that no child of less than five years is left unvaccinated.
On the first day of the campaign Saturday, NURTW and Journalists Initiative on Immunization against Polio (JAP) staged a combined campaign where the NURTW Coordinator in Kawo Motorpark, Mallam Adamu Mohammed Abaji, commended WHO for its commitment and relentless efforts in the fight against poliomylitis.
He described the new initiative of stakeholders engagement and comprehensive approach by WHO as the right step towards achieving hundred percent immunization of children.
Among the commuters at the motorparks was Hajiya Halimatu Ayuba who spoke to JAP saying that she has always been on transit and could not vaccinate her children in the past but the new initiative has given her the opportunity to do so.
Halimatu therefore advice parents to support all initiatives aimed at healthy living and growth of children which makes society to be productive and self-reliant.
Also speaking, JAP Coordinator in Kaduna State, Mallam Lawal Dogara appreciated WHO and the NURTW for the gesture, stating the fight against polio cannot be won until the virus is defeated.
