Sokoto intensifies Polio eradication drive.
Sokoto intensifies Polio eradication drive By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto SOKOTO: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the Sokoto State Government and other development partners, has intensified efforts to eradicate polio through aggressive community mobilisation, public awareness campaigns and routine immunisation, amid persistent security challenges in parts of the state.
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By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto SOKOTO: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the Sokoto State Government and other development partners, has intensified efforts to eradicate polio through aggressive community mobilisation, public awareness campaigns and routine immunisation, amid persistent security challenges in parts of the state.
Speaking shortly after the rally, UNICEF Social policy Specialist Isah Ibrahim, said the organisation had intensified stakeholder engagement to ensure that every eligible child in Sokoto State was reached with the polio vaccine, particularly those living in communities facing access challenges due to insecurity. Ibrahim disclosed that the campaign was targeting more than one million children across the state, stressing that sustained mobilisation and collaboration among government institutions, traditional rulers, community leaders and other stakeholders remained critical to achieving the objective. He raised concern that insecurity continued to pose a major obstacle to immunisation activities, noting that five local government areas remained accessible for vaccination operations under the prevailing security conditions, although the precise scope of access constraints required continued assessment. According to him, the state government had engaged local government chairmen, councillors, their wives, community leaders and traditional rulers to strengthen house-to-house and door-to-door sensitisation, particularly in communities where misconceptions, misinformation and limited access to health services could undermine vaccination efforts.
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