Osun state Governor, Gboyega Oyetola. [Twitter/
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The Deputy Governor of Osun, Mr Benedict Alabi,
says the state government has approved the
release of N28 million counterpart fund for yellow
fever vaccination campaign in the state.
Alabi made the disclosure during an advocacy visit
to his office by members of the State Primary
Health Care Development Board and other
development partners working on various
hemorrhagic diseases in Africa.
The deputy governor, in a statement issued by his
Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olaniyi Ajibola , on
Saturday in Osogbo, expressed government’s
readiness to give necessary support to every
initiative tailored towards eradicating killer diseases
in the state.
He assured that the counterpart fund, as approved
by Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, would be released
immediately for vaccination.
According to him, vaccination is the most important
means of preventing yellow fever, adding “ yellow
fever vaccine is safe and a single dose provides life-
long protection against the disease”.
The deputy governor described ‘yellow fever’ as an
acute viral hemorrhagic disease transmitted by
infected mosquitoes.
He commended UNICEF, WHO and other health
development partners for their support for the state.
Alabi said that government was focusing on various
interventions in the health sector in the state,
adding that 332 primary health centres had been
revitalised.
Earlier, the Chairman, State Primary Health Care
Development Board, Mr Leke Ogunsola , said the
vaccination campaign would hold between Nov. 20
and Nov. 29 for people between the age of nine
months and 44 years in all the 30 council areas of
the state.
Ogunsola said Osun was one of the few selected
states for yellow fever immunisation programme in
the country.
The Executive Secretary of the board, Dr Samson
Fabiyi , said that health workers would be stationed
at fixed posts in health facilities as well as
temporary posts in schools, markets, churches,
mosques and other public places for the
vaccination.
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