The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRC) has trained 2,039 volunteers to participate in the 2023 enlightenment campaign and vaccination against measles in Kano State.

The training was conducted in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Declaring open a one-day workshop for supervisors of the vaccination campaign in Kano on Thursday, NRC’s director of health, Mannir Hassan, said the exercise would be conducted in partnership with the Kano State government.

He said the volunteers would be deployed in various communities to sensitise residents on the importance of measles vaccination.

In his remarks, the executive secretary of the Nigerian Red Cross Society, Kano State branch, Musa Abdullahi, said the volunteers came from 13 local government areas.

He listed the local government areas as Bebeji, Bichi, Dala, Dawakin Kudu, Fagge, Garko, Garun Malam, Gwale, Nassarawa, Kano Municipal, Madobi, Ungogo, and Wudil.

Mr Abdullahi said there were 204 supervisors, 13 data collection officers and 13 commanders to support the vaccination.

Also speaking at the training, Kano State Commissioner for Health, Labaran Yusuf, stressed the importance of the routine measles vaccination.

The commissioner assured that eligible children who missed the vaccination at regular cycles usually got covered between November and January when there was a mop-up vaccination.

The latest vaccination will begin on Friday and end on Sunday. 

(NAN)