In a renewed effort to strengthen public consciousness and compliance with child immunisation, the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, by the Well being Companies and Atmosphere Secretariat, has intensified advocacy and area actions throughout the town to make sure that each child is protected towards preventable illnesses.
The marketing campaign commenced on Thursday with a press briefing on the FCT Public Well being Emergency Operations Centre, the place the Mandate Secretary, Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, addressed members of the press on the significance of compliance with the continuing Child Immunisation Marketing campaign (Measles-Rubella) below the Child Rights Act, 2003.
Dr Fasawe reiterated that immunisation within the FCT is free, secure, efficient, and secures the way forward for each child, emphasising that ignorance or misinformation must not ever be an excuse for non-compliance.
“We’ll proceed to teach our folks and guarantee them of the security and effectiveness of vaccines,” she acknowledged.
She additionally revealed that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has authorized free enrolment into the FCT Well being Insurance coverage Scheme, for each child absolutely vaccinated in public schools throughout the Territory. Moreover, she famous that the Administration has begun imposing related authorized provisions to deal with non-compliance or obstruction of vaccination groups, warning that violators, together with mother and father and faculty homeowners, will face sanctions below the Child Rights Act.
In response to her, Sections 13 and 14 of the Act mandate mother and father, guardians, and establishments to make sure that each child is absolutely immunised, and denying such entry constitutes a violation of a child’s proper to well being and safety.
Constructing on the momentum from the briefing, area advocacy visits commenced on Friday, focusing on varied mosques
