The National Primary Health care Development Agency, says it will conduct a mass vaccination of children in all parts of the country, as part of celebrations to mark the 2019 African Vaccination week.
The Agency’s Executive Director, Faisal Shuaib made this known at a news conference in commemoration of 2019 Africa Vaccination Week.
According to Shuaib, the African Region has set out April 22nd to 28th as the African Vaccination week.
He said the week was set aside to strengthen immunization services and systems in order to draw the attention of all critical stakeholders to the unlimited opportunities vaccines offer humanity in saving lives especially the vulnerable children.
He appealed to all parents, guardians and caregivers to make their wards available for the exercise.
Shuaib added that immunization remains the cheapest and yet the most effective lifesaving health intervention to all children in human history.
