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Oyo state government through its primary health care board has disclosed plans to embark on an integrated measles campaign for children between 9 months to 5 years
The Executive Secretary, state primary health care board, Dr Muyideen Babatunde who disclosed this at a media parley in Ibadan noted that the vaccination exercise which would cut across all thirty three local government areas in the state, would commence from the 20th October 2022
Executive Secretary, Dr Muyideen Babatunde who was represented by the director of public health of the board, Dr Johnson Osoko explained that the exercise would integrate other vaccines apart from measles like polio, vitamin A supplement amongst others and assured that the vaccines were completely safe to be administred.
He also added that the idea of including other health interventions to the vaccination exercise was strategically programmed in line with the state government drive to ensure qualitative health care delivery to people at the grassroot.
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(1) Johnson Osoko (Director for Public Health)
(2( Adeyemi Adewale (State Emergency Examination Center)
(3) Joke Makanjuola(Child Disease Expert)
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