Zamfara State Commissioner of Well being, Dr. Aisha M Z Anka has introduced that the State has marked one yr with out incidence of polio virus.
She disclosed this at a one-day city corridor assembly on the upcoming Integration Measles Vaccination Marketing campaign in Gusau, saying that the success was because of all stakeholders’ collaborative efforts in routine immunisation.
Anka thanked WHO, UNICEF, GAVI and different NGOs for his or her assist, stating that with out them, the state would have been unable to perform that.
The Commissioner, who was represented by the Everlasting Secretary of the Ministry, Malam Bashir Surajo Gusau, additional said that the State authorities would do all it might to eradicate polio and measles to 60 p.c by the top of 2025.
Anka urged stakeholders to work collectively to fulfil Governor Dauda Lawal’s Well being Sector Agenda.
The State’s Coordinator of World Well being Group, WHO, Dr Raji, pledged the WHO’s assist and urged the state to make sure all of the focused inhabitants was reached, particularly these in underserved areas who’re most weak.
