The first round of the 2014 National Immunisation Plus Days was launched at the weekend in Damagaza village, Abuja Municipal Area Council. 

The Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Primary Health Care Development Board (FCTPHCDB), Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed, who flagged off the programme, revealed that the first round of the Immunisation Plus days will hold from March 1 to March 4 across the federation. He stated that efforts were being made to ensure that Nigeria was certified a polio-free country. 

“Immunisation remains the most cost effective and efficient child survival strategy for children who are the future of tomorrow,” he said.

He therefore called on mothers and caregivers to make their babies and wards available for the vaccinations, adding that children under five years of age at homes, playgrounds, markets, religious places, car parks and event centres would be specifically targeted, irrespective of their immunisation status.