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Female health workers boosting immunization coverage in Kano
In Hotoro North health centre, Kano State, an all-female team of ten health workers is working hard to change the low immunization rate in their community. The team, led by a female director, has recorded one of the highest improvements in vaccination of children in the state. The health workers provide routine immunization services, vaccinating pregnant women, mothers and their children against diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and other vaccine-preventable diseases. The vaccines protect mothers and children by helping to safely develop immunity to diseases. Recent news2 in 3 infants live in countries where fathers are not entitled to a single day of paid paternity leave – UNICEF A little training goes a long way
At the primary healthcare centre in Gar, Bauchi state in northeast Nigeria, Hafsat Musa, one of the community health extension workers, sits brooding. She is not her usual bubbly self this morning. A pregnant woman, whose expected delivery date was more than one month overdue, was rushed into the clinic earlier in the morning. Hafsat battled to save the baby’s life. Unfortunately, it was too late. MultimediaWhat we do
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