The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to take measures to improve the health of children in Nigeria. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire said this it at a workshop organised by the Paediatrics Association of Nigerian (PAN), in collaboration with the American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) on Monday in Abuja.

 

Ehanire said the workshop was on the dissemination of findings from the Human Cantered workshop on “Improving the Demand, Delivery and Uptake of Routine Immunisation in Nigeria”.

 

Ehanire, who was represented by Dr Stella Nwosu, the Director and Head, Child Health Division in the ministry, said that the Federal Government had introduced the Rotavirus vaccine into the existing Routine Immunisation (RI).

 

Source: The Skuup