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By Rasheedat Oladotun-Iliyas
The Kwara State Government has begun an integrated campaign for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week.
During the week, Government in collaboration with development partners, will provide health interventions to two hundred thousand pregnant women and eight hundred thousand children from age zero to five.
The six day programme which will run from Saturday, November 29th to third of December, 2025, will also provide Human Papilloma Virus, HPV vaccine for girls between the ages of nine and fourteen who missed the previous vaccination campaign.
Addressing participants at a sensitization programme for media officers, the Executive Secretary, Kwara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Professor Nusirat Elelu stated that pregnant women will have access to antenatal care, immunization, health screenings and other services.
Professor Elelu, represented by Director of Primary Healthcare Systems, Dr Michael Oguntoye, also stated that children will have access to nutrition services and treatments for common childhood illnesses at all public health facilities across the State.
In a remark, a Health Specialist with UNICEF, Kaduna Office, Dr Ahmed Tsofo, commended the Kwara State Governor for his proactive measures in the health sector and quick Implementation of health programmes.
Dr Tsofo assured the State Government of UNICEF’s continued support in the health sector.
On the polio vaccination campaign which was earlier scheduled to be part of the weeklong exercise, Dr Tsofo explained that it was suspended due to some reasons.
He however, assured residents that the announcement for the programme would come as soon as Government finalize all arrangements.
World Health Organization, WHO Kwara State Coordinator, Dr Eyitayo Emmanuel, represented by the organization’s Public Health Officer, Dr. Gwomson Dauda, made a presentation on the lessons learned during the Rubella-Measles Vaccination Campaign earlier held this year.
Dr Emmanuel called for timely and strategic stakeholders engagement, monitoring and evaluation, improved security as well as non-interference by political actors in selection process of field workers, as necessary for successful health interventions.
There were goodwill messages from development partners including Corona Management Systems and the National Orientation Agency.
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