Campaign Against Measles Ends In PH

A four day immunisation
campaign against measles organised by the International Association of Lions Club, District 404 A2 in the southern part of Nigeria has ended.
The programme organised by the Club in collaboration with the Rivers State Ministry of Health started with a procession from the Lagos Bus Stop in Port Harcourt and moved to Churchill Health Centre, Borokiri, where children and pregnant women were immunised.
Meanwhile, governments all over the country have been charged to be more proactive in the eradication of measles in the country.
Lion Doris Orji who said this during the immunisation campaign in Port Harcourt said that politics must not be allowed to play Apart in the eradication of measles and other diseases.
She said that most people no longer took government’s instruction to visit health centres for immunisation as in most of health centres patients were being asked to pay for the services when it was supposed to be free.
Lion Orji however said that the situation is different in Rivers State as most Government Health Centres are up and doing.
In her words, “A lott of politic and game play has come into a lot of this thing, you see that in these health centres they tell you, go to such and such place and get this Most at times, the nurses there will require you to pay money, so a lot of people, when government tell them this. They shy away from this things have changed in Rivers State. From what I have experienced during this health campaign, I think that there is a lot to gain from these health centres ‘she said.
Lion Orji who blamed the low turn out for measles immunisation on ignorance, emphasised that the club is committed to ensuring that mothers were fully sensitised on the importance of immunizing their children against measles and other deadly diseases.
She said that apart from Port Harcourt and Ahoada in Rivers State, the campaign was also carried out in Eket, Akwa-Ibom State, Abuja and Bayelsa State.
“A lot of children are dying because of negligence. People just see measles as something that has happened before which is not serious.
“ Lions  Club has decided that it is important to enlighten people.