Nigeria: Jigawa records 49% immunisation coverage increase in five years

The authority of the Jigawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency has disclosed that the state recorded a 700 per cent increase in immunisation uptake from 7 per cent in 2016 to 49 per cent in 2024.

The Director of PHC, Dr Shehu Sambo, disclosed this during a two-day media dialogue and field trip on
strengthening primary healthcare systems in Dutse, also said the creation of the primary healthcare agency coincided with the conduct of a survey in 2016 and only 7 per cent of…