It is a huge relief for children aged 9 months-14 yrs in Garissa County who will get free jabs of a new combined vaccine.
The vaccine offers double protection against measles and rubella in vaccination campaign drive that kicks off on Monday.
According to the Health PS, Nicholas Muraguri, the exercise which begins on May 16- May 24 was compelled by the prevalence of the two diseases.
In a statement published on the Ministry of Health website on May 5, the vaccination wishes to capture children who had not been immunised from the measles disease either due to reasons of vaccine efficiency levels or lack of access to routine vaccination.
“We are going to deploy over 42,000 health workers, 24,000 volunteers, and more than 20,000 vaccination points across the country because we have a cohort of children who have never been vaccinated,” said Muraguri.
The vaccination campaign intends to boost immunity of over 19 million children across the country against the killer disease.