The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Hamza Abubakar, said this during the launch of the August National
Immunisation Plus Days (NIPDs) on Friday in Kaduna.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the new health czar of the country said that the government was working on strengthening
immunisation programmes, considering it a backbone of public healthcare.
Addressing the seminar, Dr Akram Shah, the provincial manager of EPI, said that
immunisation saved more lives in the world than any other health intervention.
The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics 2018 Economic Survey shows a drop in
immunisation levels from 69 per cent in 2016 to 63 per cent in 2017.
"So, we have this catch up system which identifies defaulters and reminds them to bring their child for
immunisation as soon as possible," she said.
Saira Afzal said that EPI programme had achieved several milestones on the supply-side with regards to the provision of
immunisation services, but the demand still required more miles to go for enhancing the routine
immunisation coverage.In this context, she said that interventions like conditional cash transfer (CCT) would help to increase the demand for routine
immunisation among the people, particularly the poor segments of the population in Pakistan.
Immunisation of children requires consent from parents and caregivers.
Practices chosen were those that had achieved
immunisation coverage for their enrolled population of greater than 90 per cent for one or more of the
immunisation age milestones for infants up to two years of age.
The Director General Health Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination, said, "A strong
immunisation system is an integral part of a well-functioning health system.
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immunisationImmunisation coverage of children is a cornerstone of primary healthcare (PHC) and an important gauge of the quality of the health service in a country, [1] but is also a good indicator of how far a country is from preventable disease outbreaks, such as the measles outbreak that occurred in South Africa (SA) in 2010.
Between April and June, the rate of
immunisation for this age bracket dropped to just below 85% - 10% below the Welsh Government's target.
Immunisation is recognised to be one the best strategies for ensuring child health.
