Rotary Clubs in Jos sensitise women on polio, yellow fever immunization

Rotary Clubs in Jos sensitise women on polio, yellow fever immunization

 By Ladi Emmanuel

Plateau State Polio Representative, Victoria Haruna, has called on Nigerian women to avail their children for Polio and Yellow Fever routine immunization to safeguard the children against the diseases in the state.

She lamented how children and adults have perished in some states of the federation due to outbreak of yellow fever.

Rotarian Haruna disclosed this on Wednesday when 7 Rotary Clubs in Jos embarked on sensitisation campaign on Polio and yellow fever immunization to commemorate the 2020 World Polio day with a theme, "Keep Polio Zero" held at UTC  Clinic, Jos, Plateau State.

"We are all aware of the fact that polio has been declared free in Nigeria but we must sustained the campaign on the need for women to continue to immunize children since the vaccine is free.

"We should not think that Nigeria has been declared polio free and so we should stay home with our children or stop them from taking immunization.

"There is still polio in other countries like Afganistant and Pakistan, and you know Nigerians travel alot for business activities and we don't want a situation where somebody will come from these countries to spread the virus here at home.

"We have also educated the women about Yellow fever that is ravaging some states and so we have encouraged the women to also avail their children for the vaccination of the yellow fever. 

"That has also been part of the awareness campaign that we have being making so that women will also bring their children for routine immunization because yellow fever is one of the disease that is ravaging the country."

Rotarian Haruna, who is also a member of Rotary Club of Jos Central, explained that Polio is like COVID-19 pandemic whixh was imported into Nigeria by  some individuals and encouraged women to continue to avail children for polio aND yellow  fever routine immunization.

She encouraged women to carry their children for the immunization, saying that the vaccine is free and health worker who demand for payment should be reported to the Rotary International.