Immunisation Week: UNICEF Says Nigeria Accounts For 4 Million Unvaccinated, Undervaccinated Children Globally - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 27, 2019
The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund, UNICEF says Nigeria accounts for no fewer than four million un-vaccinated and under-vaccinated children globally.
The Immunisation Officer, UNICEF Katsina Field Office, Ibrahim Ali-Mohammed said the United Nations, UN fund puts the number of un-vaccinated and under-vaccinated children globally at twenty million.
Ali-Mohammed who was in Kano to attend the World Immunisation Week holding between April 25th and 30th, said the state accounted for three hundred and fifty thousand of the affected children in Nigeria.
According to the Field Officer, the number of un-vaccinated and under-vaccinated children in Kano is the highest in the country.
The UNICEF official said that the decision to commemorate the World Immunisation Week in Kano was part of efforts to ensure that vaccines were available in the right quantity in the state. He said the week was aimed at promoting awareness on vaccines and the role of vaccination against diseases.