FCT yellow fever vaccination to hold Nov 24-Dec 7

Having identified the FCT as one of the high risk states, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) will conduct a mass yellow fever vaccination campaign in Abuja from November 24 to December 7, 2018. Secretary of Health and Human Services of the FCT, Alh. Abubakar Adamu Bappah, who stated this at a press […]

Having identified the FCT as one of the high risk states, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) will conduct a mass yellow fever vaccination campaign in Abuja from November 24 to December 7, 2018.

Secretary of Health and Human Services of the FCT, Alh. Abubakar Adamu Bappah, who stated this at a press briefing, said the yellow fever virus was spread by the bite of a female mosquito and that the early stage of the disease was similar to malaria fever.

Alh. Bappah said the targeted group was nine months to 44-year olds and that the population to be vaccinated in the FCT was three million; that is 85 per cent of the total FCT population, adding that 1,342 teams, including 171 special teams, would be involved in the exercise.

Bappah said the goal of the mass vaccination was to reduce yellow fever transmission by achieving 95 per cent coverage in implementing local and state governments’ strategy for eliminating the disease by 2026.

He said the FCT Administration (FCTA) would through the vaccination to strengthen the health system and immunisation programme in the FCT and also strengthen the pharmaco-vigilance system for monitoring adverse effects following immunisation.

The secretary advised parents and adults to come forward and be vaccinated at various government health centres and vaccination posts.