Edo State’s Dual-Pronged Health Strategy: Upgrading Rural Clinics and Launching a Statewide Measles-Rubella Campaign
2025-12-21
Edo State is prioritizing a major upgrade of its rural Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) to deliver visible grassroots impact, directly linking accessible, quality care to improved health outcomes. A core immediate action is a comprehensive 2026 Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign targeting all children aged nine months to 14 years, aimed at building herd immunity and leaving no child behind. This initiative is framed as a critical test of multi-level collaboration, requiring full mobilization of state and local governments alongside health workers toContinue Reading