ANALYSIS: Why Nigeria must prioritise vaccination to prevent diseases

However, the world, in recent times, has been facing lots of challenges convincing people about the importance of the small liquid in vaccine bottles.

Meanwhile, developed countries like Ukraine, England, the US, which have made progress in the elimination of most of the preventable diseases, are, in recent times, beginning to report new cases of these diseases. Though Nigeria has successfully attained three years without a reported case of wild polio virus in the country, new polio challenges are arising – particularly the circulating vaccine derived polio .While some countries have been suffering setbacks, Nigeria in its own case, is still struggling with effective routine immunisation coverage for most of its children under the age of five.on the low compliance to vaccination, vaccine hoax, vaccine hesitancy and low immunisation culture.

Immunisation coverage in a country is one of the indicators used to monitor progress towards a reduction in child morbidity and mortality. The first batch of vaccines is expected to be given at birth. The child is expected to receive three vaccines which are expected to protect against hepatitis B, Polio and Tuberculosis.

According to NDHS, the percentage of children ages 12 to 23 months who received all basic vaccination increased from 23 per cent in 2008 to 31 per cent in 2018. “The government needs to put in same level of commitment the made in polio eradication to all types of vaccinations for the country to have a head way.

An example is the yellow fever vaccination which is one of the compulsory travelling requirements within African states. Evidence has shown that most Nigerian travellers after paying for the service, shun the vaccine and only collect the yellow card. This has been putting a strain on the already burdened health sector as there are constant cases of outbreak of these diseases.

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