Kano state government has assured the people of the state of the safety and effectiveness of the polio vaccine.
Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, the state Commissioner for Health, represented by the director general of Kano State private health institutions management agency (PHIMA), gave the assurance while supervising the exercise in Ghari and Tsanyawa local government areas.
Recall that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf had on 28th September 2024, flagged-off the 2024 polio OBR3 campaign in Dawakin Kudu local government amidst various health stakeholders and mammoth crowd of people.
The commissioner pointed out that people need to understand that children are vaccinated for robust immune system that can fight and defeat diseases intruding the bodies, maintaining that diseases like diphtheria, measles, are vaccine preventable diseases.
Dr. Labaran asserted that non-compliance by some people endangers health indices of the state, urging them to rescind by allowing their eligible children get vaccinated, failure of which could lead to transmission of diseases to the immediate neighborhoods, communities and the state at large.
He commended Tsanywa LGA for the full participation of the political class, traditional leaders, health personnel and immunization team, urging them to maintain the tempo
Dr. Abubakar lauded Ghari LGA for the tireless efforts leading to the success of the campaign with improved data generation.
“ though with little observation in terms of coordination at the PHC level, calling on the principal officers to sit together and harmonize the data they generate and work as a team in order to achieve the target objective in the area”
The commissioner, however, lamented the non-participation of the interim management officer by not attending the evening review meeting despite verbal pledge made for his attendance, advising him to brace up for mitigating any arising challenge.
Dr. Labaran commended Governor Abba Kabir Yusufs commitment to improving health indices of the state and giving special attention to the care of his people, as well as development partners for their immense support to the healthcare system of the state.