THE UNITED STATES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT-INTEGRATED HEALTH PROGRAM (USAID-IHP) HAS SAID IT HAS CONCLUDED PLANS TO BEGIN MASS COVID-19 VACCINATION IN EBONYI STATE
USAID-IHP MADE THIS KNOWN IN A MEETING HELD IN ABAKALIKI THE EBONYI STATE CAPITAL, ALONG WITH THE NEW MEMBER OF THE CONSORTIUM, SYDANI INITIATIVE FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ENGAGED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR HEALTH EBONYI STATE DR. DANIEL UMEZURIKE.
THE PROGRAMME OFFICERS CHUKWUEMEKA NEBE AND EZINNE OBETA SAID THAT THE VACCINATION WILL USE TWO STRATEGIC APPROACHES WHICH INCLUDE MASS VACCINATION, AND MOBILE/BUS OUTREACH.
CHUKWUEMEKA SAID THAT THE MASS VACCINATION TEAM WILL CONDUCT FIVE MASS VACCINATION SESSIONS PER DAY, AND 20 MASS VACCINATION SESSIONS WEEKLY FOR 5 AND A HALF MONTHS, WHILE THE MOBILE VACCINATION TEAM WILL VISIT 2 SETTLEMENTS PER DAY FOR FIVE WORKING DAYS IN THE SAME PERIOD.
HE SAID IT IS EXPECTED THAT WITHIN 22 WEEKS, THE TEAMS WOULD HAVE CONDUCTED 440 MASS VACCINATION AND 220 MOBILE OUTREACHES TARGETING A MINIMUM OF 50 PERSONS WITH COVID 19 AND 6 PERSONS, WITH ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION DAILY.
33,000 PEOPLE WILL BE REACHED WITH COVID-19 AND 3960 WITH ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION BY THE END OF THE EXERCISE.
RESPONDING, OUR CORRESPONDENT IN EBONYI STATE, EMMANUEL NNAJI, GATHERED THAT THE COMMISSIONER FOR HEALTH IN EBONYI STATE, DANIEL UMEZURIKE, URGED THE TEAM TO CARRY-OUT OUT THE ADVOCACY, TO THE CLERGY, TRADITIONAL RULERS, COMMUNITY MOBILIZERS, AND TOWN CRYERS AS THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO 60% OF OWNERSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY.
