Comot your ears, my people! Na big matter dey happen for Osun state as dem plan to jab over two million pikin for measles and rubella! E no dey play at all because this vaccination wahala na serious something wey fit save plenty lives.
Health Commissioner Mr. Jola Akintola carry beta gist come during one meeting wey dem hold for journalists wey no wan miss any small detail of this Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign. Na so e talk say dis vaccination go dey run for January 27 go reach February 5. Na for children wey dey between nine months and 14 years, make dem no miss their chance o!
Akintola still yarn say dis vaccination na part of wetin Osun government dey do to make sure say pikin dem no go dey suffer from preventable diseases. You sabi say rubella na like German measles, e fit chuk head inside belle of pregnant women, and we no wan see wahala like that for our mothers, abi?
Dem don plan am well, no pikin go miss dis vaccine even if dem dey for corner. Dem go use fixed-post vaccination wey dey for health facilities, plus school-based teams wey go enter dem school, house-to-house visits and community outreach teams wey go waka with mobile vaccination.
Una fit trust say this measles-rubella vaccine be fine stuff wey World Health Organisation (WHO) don approve. E dey safe like how dem dey say water no get part two. Mrs. Francisca Olaore, the state’s Immunisation Officer, talk say the vaccine no get harmful side effects. E good, make we no let person sell us wahala wey fit turn our pikin into walking problems.
Plus, Dr. Adesina Igbalaye from Osun Primary Healthcare Development Board still talk say dem wan make sure say everybody wey get pikin between dat age group check dem well and carry dem go collect the jab. E go better, my people! We gats support this campaign like we dey support our teams for football match.
This na real call to action o! Make all of una wey get pikin stand up, follow the government waka go carry dis vaccine sabi that prevention no be better than cure?
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