{"id":42032,"date":"2022-09-05T05:49:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T05:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=42032"},"modified":"2022-09-05T05:49:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T05:49:52","slug":"jigawa-integrates-rotavirus-vaccine-into-routine-immunisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/09\/05\/jigawa-integrates-rotavirus-vaccine-into-routine-immunisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Jigawa integrates rotavirus vaccine into routine immunisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Jigawa State Government says it has integrated the r<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/19\/rotavirus-kwara-govt-urges-caregivers-to-immunise-children-against-diseases\/\">otavirus vaccine<\/a> into routine immunisation, to curb the infection among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/09\/03\/179-children-participate-in-smashing-gambits-chess-tournament-in-lagos-community\/\">children<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Secretary, Jigawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (JSPHCDA), Dr. Kabir Ibrahim, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Dutse.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ibrahim said the gesture was aimed at curbing the menace of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/29\/fg-reiterates-commitment-to-improve-health-of-nigerian-children\/\">diarrhoea<\/a> and other childhood killer diseases in the state.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He explained that the vaccine was integrated into the routine Immunisation after it was discovered that 70 per cent of children under the age of five, die as a result of five clinical conditions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The executive secretary listed the clinical conditions as\u00a0 malaria, measles, respiratory tract infections, malnutrition and diarrhoea<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to him, more than half of diarrhoea cases in children are caused by rota virus, which he described as a small micro organism that causes watery stool in children.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019ve realised that more than 70 percent of children who are less than five years die because of five clinical conditions, malaria, measles, respiratory infections, malnutrition and diarrhoea.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAnd more than half of the incidences of diarrhoea in children is caused by rota virus, which is a small micro organism that causes watery stool in children.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo now, we have the privilege of providing the prevention of rota virus infections and preventing children from diarrhoea episodes, mortality and morbidity,\u201d the executive secretary said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ibrahim also said that the vaccine would be administered to the children in three doses, starting with first dose when a child is six weeks old, second dose at 10 weeks and the last dose at 14 weeks.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He, however, added that children who got vaccinated were not likely to have diarrhoea.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf they (children) don\u2019t have diarrhoea, there would be reduction in under five mortality.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe know that diarrhoea can also lead to malnutrition in children; when it is stopped, it will reduce the number of malnourished children in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The executive secretary said there would be adequate doses of the vaccine, encouraged parents whose children are within the age group to get the vaccine at any health facility in their communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jigawa State Government says it has integrated the rotavirus vaccine into routine immunisation, to curb the infection among children. Executive Secretary, Jigawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (JSPHCDA), Dr. Kabir Ibrahim, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Dutse. Ibrahim said the gesture was aimed at curbing the menace of diarrhoea [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":42078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[502,7249],"class_list":["post-42032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-jigawa-state","tag-rotavirus-vaccines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jigawa integrates rotavirus vaccine into routine immunisation &#187; BROAD NEWS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=42032\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jigawa integrates rotavirus vaccine into routine immunisation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Jigawa State Government says it has integrated the rotavirus vaccine into routine immunisation, to curb the infection among children. 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