To protect children from the deadly Measles and Rubella diseases, the Renewed Hope initiative and office of the wife of Oyo state governor in partnership with center for wellness and Integrated Nutrition Solution have begun sensitization campaign on measles and Rubella vaccination.
At a programme which came up at the Local Government service commission building, Secretariat, Agodi, stakeholders in the health sector, community leaders, women groups and government officials declared readiness for the awareness campaign.
In her welcome address the state’s commissioner for health, Dr Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi said every child’s life matters, hence the need for mothers to present their children for the measles and Rubella vaccination.
Representative of the Center for Wellness And Integrated Nutrition Solution, Mrs Temitope Orji said the combination of the vaccines was an improvement on the measles vaccine initially administered on children.
In an address, wife of the state governor, Mrs Tamunominini Makinde campaigned for the effectiveness of the exercise and called on caregivers and stakeholders to make sure the exercise was a success.
The programme featured awareness walk to sensitize the public on the importance of the vaccine .
Meanwhile, the entourage paid a courtesy call on the state governor, Seyi Makinde who expressed his readiness to finance the fight against measles and rubella championed by Renewed Hope Initiative.
Governor Makinde also admitted that the collaboration of the state and local governments would help measles and rubella vaccinations get to the grassroots.
