The Executive Secretary of FCT Primary Health Care Board, Dr Rilwan Mohammed has disclosed that 10 children at Wasa IDP camp died as a result of measles outbreak last week .
He gave the disclosure yesterday in Abuja during the flag off of the Measles Immunisation campaign in 19 northern states, including FCT.
Rilwanu added that as a result of this measles outbreak which affected about 41 children, the FCT Health Board is targeting 900, 000 children, including children in the Internally Displaced Camps where a lot of children may have been missed out because of insurgency.
Also in his remarks, the Minister of Health, Prof Issac Adewole pledged that government would take the measles campaign to the door steps of all Nigerians irrespective of their place of residence in the country.
He said that the present administration is also determined to take health care to the estimated 65 per cent of Nigerians who live in the rural areas through its change agenda.
He said, ‘’ We are determined to eliminate measles from Nigeria by 2030. The flag-off is in the urban area but as expected this administration is committed to taking thisto the doorstep of every Nigerian.’’
“We want to reach out to people in the rural areas to strengthen coverage of health care for everybody that’s why we said the Universal Health Coverage should even be in Primary Health Care level and we will target every Nigerian irrespective of where they live. The target is to take it right to your doorstep’’, he emphasised.
Meanwhile, the WHO Country Representative, Dr. Ruiz Vas, who was represented by Dr. Fiona Braka noted that measles remains a highly infectious disease which leads to significant deaths among children in developing countries.
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