The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has planned to immunise
two million persons to curtail the spread of yellow fever killer disease
in Ekiti State.
A World Health Organisation (WHO) State Technical Officer, Ekiti
State, Mr. Ayomide Aibinuomo, who described yellow fever as a killer
disease, said it had claimed the lives of many people in the northern
part of the country, but with low level of spread in the South.
The WHO expert spoke at the weekend in Ado-Ekiti during a seminar
organised for stakeholders to work out modalities for the 10 days
vaccination programme against the spread of the scourge in Ekiti State
beginning January 24 to February 2, 2020.Aibinuomo said that the
introduction of the intra-muscular vaccination became expedient
following 24 suspected incidences recorded in the last years.
He said that available statistics indicated that six confirmed cases
were recorded out of 18 suspected issues of yellow fever attack in 2018
while six were recorded in 2019 accordingly.
“We have 24 suspected cases in Ekiti between 2018 and 2019. We have
met with traditional, religious and educational institutions to partner
us to spread the gospel of anti-yellow fever across all the 177 wards in
the state.
“The vaccine has no adverse effect. It is free and can be taken by
anybody except those with immuno-compromised cases like HIV, pregnant
persons and nine to 44 years are the most vulnerable, that is why they
are the target, but those above the age can be attacked,” he said.
Aibinuomo stated that to aid sensitisation across the state, 177 ward
mobilisers sponsored by the state government and 85 town announcers
have been hired to complement the awareness being produced by
traditional media.Also, a health officer at the Ekiti State Primary
Healthcare Development Agency, Mrs. Ajayi A.A, said the health workers
would ensure that all the vulnerable citizens are captured in the
exercise.
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