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From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
A total of 7.8 million children in Kano State are expected to receive Measles-Rubella vaccines, according to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
The Fund’s Field Office in Kano, Rahama Farah who disclosed this Monday, during a media dialogue on the Integrated Measles-Rubella Polio Vaccination Campaign, said the children fell within the ages of nine months to 14 years.
Farah added that the campaign intends to also vaccinate a total of 2.3 million children under five years against polio.
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He added that the campaign was planned and implemented collaboratively by the Federal Ministry of Health; the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency; WHO; Gavi; the Gates Foundation, Civil Society Organization, UNICEF and the Kano State Government.,
“Nigeria has planned to implement Measles-Rubella (MR) campaign integrated with Polio in all 36 states in two phases starting from 6th October 2025 till 16th February 2026” he stated
Farah further disclosed that the “National Primary Healthcare Development Agency with the support of UNICEF has allocated 3,347 teams, provided 4.6 million doses of Novel Oral Polio Vaccines (nOPV2) and 4.5 million doses of (bOPV) targeting 3.9 million children under five years age in the state for the October polio vaccination campaign.
For the success of the campaign, he added that UNICEF has trained 3,300 health workers on improved Interpersonal (IPC) Communication Skills, including the training of 870 Non-Compliance Resolution Teams (NCRTs) members.
