He said since the confirmation of the re-emergence of diphtheria, the federal government has continued to respond to the outbreaks in states.
He underscored the need for extensive mobilisation and sensitisation efforts, particularly through the involvement of NTLC.
The last case of wild poliovirus was detected in Nigeria in 2016.
The NPHCDA boss said the children never received any form of vaccination effort.
“To change things, we must win the people’s trust, confidence and acceptance of government’s health interventions to save lives and reduce illness.”
“We are 21.6 million eligible persons away from reaching its target of fully vaccinating 70 per cent of its eligible population by December 2022.”
Mrs Odoh said that the centre recorded the number of immunisations due to an advanced approach known as Fixed-Post and Outreach strategies.
Mr Shuaib stated that the top five performing states on the COVID-19 mass vaccination campaign in the country are Nasarawa, Jigawa, Osun, Kaduna, and Kano.
The executive director also said the agency had implemented strategies to ensure that the COVID-19 vaccines reached the last mile.
NPHCDA has urged parents and caregivers to get their children vaccinated against measles.
