Yellow Fever: Nigeria to vaccinate Rivers, Anambra residents

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The federal government will on Friday begin a preventive yellow fever immunisation campaign in two high-risk states, Rivers and Anambra.

, Gavi, and the Vaccine Alliance and is targeted towards the elimination of the disease in the country.

The campaign is aimed at reaching nearly 12 million persons in Rivers and Anambra states and will start in Rivers on February 28, according to the official WHO statement.New campaign The next scheduled campaign is planned for April 2020 in Anambra where yellow fever vaccination will be combined with meningococcal A conjugate vaccine.

Meanwhile, the Director for Disease Control and Immunisation, NPHCDA, Joseph Oteri, said “protection against yellow fever for life is the ultimate goal”.

 

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