Nigeria: Etsu Nupe Urges Parents to Vaccinate Children Against Meningitis

1 November 2013

The Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, had advised parents to vaccinate their children against cerebrospinal meningitis, a disease that recently broke out in six local government councils of Niger State and afflicted six victims.

The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ibrahim Baba Mini Sule, disclosed this yesterday at the flag-off of Niger State-wide Immunisation Campaign against the outbreak of the disease at Wadata Palace, Bida.

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