Anambra state will commence the measles and rubella vaccination campaign from 4th to 15th February, 2026.
The Executive Secretary of the Anambra State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Pharmacist Chisom Uchem, who stated this during a stakeholder and media engagement meeting in Awka, stressed that the media and relevant stakeholders were invited to ensure that accurate information and all necessary knowledge about the incoming vaccination reach all nooks and crannies of the state, and made it clear that the target people are children from nine months to fourteen years.
Pharmacist Uchem explained that the agency, in partnership with its partners, deemed the media important stakeholders in accelerating the message, and noted that Anambra is in second stream, phase two of the exercise, appealing to participants to be their eyes and ambassadors in various communities across the state before and after the vaccination.
In their separate speeches, Pharmacist Okonkwo Obunike, from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, noted that they would continue to advocate access to healthcare and always support the state in its efforts to achieve an adequate and accessible healthcare system, while his United Nations Children’s Fund counterpart, Mr Victor James, added that the wellbeing of children in all parts of Anambra is important to the agency because children are the future of the state, stressing that the health of everyone must remain a priority to Ndi Anambra.
Also speaking, the Anambra State Health Educator, Mrs Uju Onwuegbuzina, told the gathering all they needed to know about the meeting, saying that health teams would visit healthcare centres, churches, schools and mosques during the vaccination, even as the traditional ruler of Ukwalla Community in Anambra West Local Government Area, Igwe Joseph Ajodo, among others, attended the event.
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Measles is a highly contagious and deadly disease caused by the measles virus and spreads easily when an infected person coughs, sneezes or even talks, while rubella, also known as German measles, is a contagious disease caused by the rubella virus and presents as a milder form of measles, with both diseases manifesting symptoms such as rash, runny nose, fever, cough, and red, watery eyes, though measles presents with high fever while rubella presents with low fever.
Anyone can contract both diseases, but children under five years, especially the unvaccinated, are at higher risk, even as the diseases are preventable through vaccination.
