Hussaini Ibrahim 
Health workers administering polio vaccine to children in Kano community
ADAMAWA, Nigeria – Adamawa State mobilises 1,685 health teams to vaccinate over 1.2 million children in a renewed push to prevent polio resurgence.
The four-day campaign, running from March 29 to April 1, targets children aged zero to 59 months across all 226 wards in the state’s 21 local government areas.
Health officials say approximately 1.4 million vaccine doses will be deployed to strengthen immunity against the wild poliovirus.
Chairman of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Sulaiman Bashir, emphasises the urgency of the exercise.
“This is a unique exercise—the only one that takes us to every household in the state,” he says.
The campaign, supported by UNICEF under the National Immunisation Plus initiative, aims to ensure no child is missed, with additional mop-up days planned.
Bashir notes the effort is critical in preventing possible reintroduction of the virus from endemic regions.
“We are confident every household will be reached to ensure full protection,” he adds.
Officials stress that sustained immunisation efforts and community participation remain vital to maintaining Nigeria’s polio-free status.
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