Taraba First Lady urges routine immunisation to protect children

The First Lady of Taraba State, Mrs Agyin Agbu Kefas, has called connected mothers and communities to prioritise regular immunisation arsenic a captious measurement successful safeguarding the wellness of children crossed the state.

She made the entreaty during a state-level advocacy run connected regular immunisation and superior wellness attraction held connected Wednesday successful Jalingo, the authorities capital.

Mrs Agyin Agbu Kefas acknowledged caller improvements successful immunisation sum and entree to superior healthcare services, commending wellness workers for their resilience and dedication, peculiarly successful agrarian communities.

She, however, expressed interest implicit the persistence of zero-dose children—those who person not received immoderate vaccines—and urged stakeholders to intensify efforts to guarantee nary kid is near behind.

As portion of efforts to fortify grassroots awareness, Mrs Kefas launched the “Mama Ambassadors” initiative.

The programme, DAILY POST learnt, is designed to mobilise women crossed the 16 section authorities areas of Taraba State to beforehand healthcare-seeking behaviours, including attendance astatine an...