The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has raised the alarm over the declining immunisation coverage in Nigeria, declaring that the recent report showing 33 percent was unacceptable.
NMA’s alarm came as the European Union, EU, through its Support to Immunization Governance in Nigeria, EU-SIGN, initiative, boosted routine immunization and primary healthcare services in the country with N3.8 billion.
National President of the NMA, Dr Mike Ogirima, who was represented by Lagos State chairman of the association, Dr Olumuyiwa Odusote, made the call at the opening of the 2017 National Physicians’ Week over the weekend in Lagos, said everybody, including the three tiers of government, had the responsibility to enlighten the public through aggressive campaigns on the need for regular immunisation of children.
Speaking in his capacity, the Lagos State Chairman, Dr Olumuyiwa Odusote, urged the Federal Government to make acquisition of vaccines cheaper and establish a production factory in the country.
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