The Rotary International PolioPlus Committee and its partners have announced readiness to begin the second round of the 2016 National Immunisation Days which is slated to run between Saturday, 19th March and Tuesday 22nd March. The exercise will take place in all states of the federation including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
Chairman of the Rotary International Nigeria National PolioPlus committee, Dr. Abdulrahman Olatunji Funso, hinted that over 20,000 staff have been recruited for the exercise in Lagos State alone. He said plans had been in top gear to ensure a hitch-free exercise adding that exercises such as this is not carried out without careful planning.
Funsho disclosed that the staff have been divided into teams which include a consultant; a vaccinator; town announcer as well as a traditional leader.
“Every vaccination team has four people. You have a supervisor who also takes the record of how many children they immunised, there is the vaccinator as well as the town announcer.
And then you have a traditional leader that usually goes with the team.”, the Consultant Cardiologist stated.
