Nigeria: Voters' Registration Aids Polio, Measles Vaccination in Nasarawa

8 February 2011

Lafia — The on-going registration of voters ahead of the forthcoming April elections gave a boost to the just concluded five-day immunization campaign against polio and measles in Nasarawa State.

Directors of National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) in the state targeted registration centres and mounted fixed posts for administering the measles vaccine on children, a development which was suggested by the state co-ordinator of World Health Organization (WHO) in the state, Dr. Emmanuel Gali.

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