Bauchi deploys 2,261 vaccination team for yellow fever campaign
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The Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, (BSPHDA) said that 2,261 immunization teams had been deployed to communities across the state for the Mass Yellow Fever Immunisation campaign.
Mr Bakoji Ahmed, State Immunization Officer of the agency, said this during an orientation meeting with journalists in Bauchi on Friday.
Ahmed said each team comprised eight personnel, including town carriers and mobilisation officers.
He said the agency would also deploy the vaccine to all the 20 Local Government Councils’ cold stores in the state.
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He explained that all the 27 tertiary health facilities would be referral centres during the 10-day exercise.
Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHDA), says there were 22 deaths out of the 57 cases of Lassa fever recorded in Bauchi State in 2020
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