The Enugu Government has achieved 100 per cent success coverage in the just concluded ‘specific-target’ polio vaccination in the state.
Dr George Ugwu, Executive-Secretary of Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State,
NAN reports that the state embarked on six-day specific-target polio vaccination in 16 wards within the Uzo-Uwani council area between Aug. 22 and Aug. 27.
The exercise is targeted at vaccinating 35,775 children from three months to five years.
Ugwu said that the exercise was an overwhelming success and the targeted 35,775 children for the vaccination was exceeded and “we got 37,852 which is above 100 per cent’’.
The executive secretary said that the agency had not achieved such a resounding target in a single specific-target polio vaccination exercise.
He said the exercise enjoyed the maximum…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
