Kwara vaccinates children, women against tetanus

Date: 2021-02-27

Kwara State Government on Saturday began a second round of Maternal Neonatal Tetanus Elimination programme across the 10 identified high risk local government areas of the State.

"This is taking place in designated health facilities and other areas where the targeted population can be easily reached between Saturday February 27 and March 3, 2021," Executive Secretary Kwara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency Dr Nusirat Elelu said in a statement.

"Girls, pregnant women and women between the ages of 15 years and 49 years can access the injection in health centres and temporary fixed posts in Asa, Baruten, Edu, Ilorin East, Ilorin West, Irepodun, Moro, Oke-Ero, Oyun and Patigi identified as high risk LGAs," she said.

Dr Elelu identified neonatal tetanus as one of the leading causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality which is a grossly under-reported disease. The statement added: "Without medical care mortality from NT is close to 100%, often exceeding 50% even with hospital care. Immunisation of women who are pregnant or of child bearing age reduces incidence of NT mortality by an estimated 94%. "Significant progress has been made in the reduction of the burden of neonatal mortality, still one newborn dies every 15 minutes from neonatal tetanus despite the availability of an effective intervention to prevent such unnecessary death."

The executive secretary explained that the state carried out risk analysis to identify the LGAs with high burden of MNT and a three round of anti-tetanus campaign has been designed to reach the eligible population.

"To achieve more progress in the Maternal Neonatal Tetanus Elimination programme, a risk analysis was done to identify the LGAs with high burden of MNT and a three round tetanus campaign planned to reach the eligible population. The first round was conducted late 2019," Dr Elelu added.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Shaaba Lafiagi     Moses Afolayan     Elekoyangan     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Daud Adeshola     Idowu Laro     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     CUTI     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Aso-ofi     Hausa     Bolakale Ayo     Madawaki     Lithium Deposit     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Femi Ogunsola     Ilorin Durbar     Diagnostic Centre     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Odo-Owa     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Yahya Mohammed     UNIFEMGA     Bilikis Oladimeji     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Kemi Adeosun     Illyasu Abdullahi     Kayode Laro     Ubandawaki     Okin Biscuits     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Valsolar     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     KWTV     Jaiz Bank     Alao Ayotunde     T And K FOODS     Awodun     Apaola     Okasanmi Ajayi     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Balogun Fulani     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Ebola     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Saka Saadu     Simeon Ajibola     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Sola Saraki University     Biliaminu Aliu     Just Law Forum     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Emir Of Ilorin     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Musibau Akanji     Igosun     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Just Event Online     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Segun Adeniyi     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Hakeem Idris     Javed Khan     Kisra     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Usman Yunusa     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Tunde Yusuf     Sobi FM     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Ajike People Support Centre     Kaiama     Balogun-Ojomu     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     ANCOPPS     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yoruba     Dagbalodo     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Press Release     ASKOMP     Adekunle David Dunmade     Gbemisola Saraki     Mary Kemi Adeosun     March 18     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     COVID-19 Palliatives     Convocation Ceremonies     Oke-Ero     Federal Allocation     Kwara North     Joseph Bamigboye     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Najim Yaasin     Taofeek Sanusi     Hassan A. Saliu     Lithium Deposit     Fulani     MalHub     Ola Falade     Awoye     SGBN     Third Estate     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Aliyu Adebayo     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Segun Abifarin     Asa     Saka Keji     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Gani Saadu     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Saka Aleshinloye     Sarkin Malamai     Yaru     Ishaq Oloyede     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Kolawole Bashirat     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Lawal Olohungbebe     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Okin Biscuits     Ibrahim Labaika     Bureau Of Lands     Sidikat Akaje     KSIRS     Isapa     General Hospital     Gbajabiamila     All Peoples Party     Kwarareports.com     Charcoal     Kwara State Government     Akorede     Solomon Edoja     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Shonga Farm Project     IPSAS     Kaosarah Adeyi     CKNG     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Christopher Odetunde     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Afetu Of Alabe