Nigeria: Health Ambassadors Boost Vaccine Coverage in Nigeria's Jigawa State

Dutse, 04 October, 2019 - In Jigawa State in northern Nigeria, Primary Healthcare Centers (PHC) have started using special "health ambassadors" to help improve immunization coverage - with very encouraging results.

Compared to other states, Jigawa previously had relatively low levels of demand for vaccine uptake. To turn the situation around, the World Health Organization (WHO) supported Government to leverage on health ambassadors as part of the Community Engagement and Routine Immunization Intensification (CERII) project designed to get the local population more actively involved in improving their health.

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