Measles Campaign: Oyo deploys over 80,000 mobilisers across the state

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Governor Abiola Ajimobi

Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan

The Oyo State Government has deployed 80,351 individuals to serve as House to House mobilisers, facilitators, town announcers and social mobilisers for the on-going 2018 measles immunisation across the state from March 15 to 27, 2018.

The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Azeez Adeduntan stated this in Ibadan during the flag-off of the 2018 measles vaccination campaign in Ibadan North Local Government area.

Dr. Adeduntan said that the present administration in the state was committed to ensuring that children between the ages of nine months and five years did not die prematurely, noting that this propelled the state government to engage massive mobilisers for the 2018 measles vaccination campaign to reduce maternal mortality and infant mortality rates.

The Commissioner explained that measles is a very creeping disease which causes…



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