Nigeria: Official Worried Over Polio Vaccine Rejection

23 November 2011

Kaduna — Chairman of the Kaduna State Action Committee on Immunization (SACI), Dr Mustapha Jumare, has expressed concern over rejection of polio vaccine in some parts of the state.

Dr Jumare, who spoke yesterday in Zaria at a meeting with traditional and religious leaders at the palace of the emir of Zazzau, said the communities where the rejection is most pronounced are Hayin-Marmara and Unguwan-Lalle in Giwa Local Government Area of the state.

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