JSPHCDA Holds Strategic Meeting to Boost Polio Vaccination and Ensure Successful MR Immunization Campaign
Date: August 21, 2025
Venue: State Emergency Routine Immunization Coordination Centre (SERICC) Conference Room, Jigawa State
In its ongoing commitment to strengthening immunization services, the Jigawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency (JSPHCDA), in collaboration with development partners, convened a high-level meeting today at the SERICC Conference Room.
The meeting, chaired by the Acting State Immunization Officer (SIO), Alhaji Shehu Ibrahim Kazaure, aimed at reviewing progress and setting the stage for improved vaccination outcomes across the state.
✓Key agenda items discussed include:
1. Update on IBRA: Review of a polio vaccination exercise recently conducted across 26 LGAs, which spanned four days.
2. Review of the MR Implementation Dashboard and National Verification of the MR Microplan.
3. Update on Routine Immunization Performance.
4. Any Other Business (AOB) and Next Steps.
The meeting was attended by key stakeholders including Deputy PHC Director, Alhaji Muhammad Abdullahi Bulangu; State Health Promotion Officer, Mal. Sani Yusuf Kachi; SEMCHIC Programme Manager, Alhaji Surajo Sulaiman; State Monitoring and Evaluation Officers; and development partners such as NPHCDA, WHO, UNICEF, JSI, eHealth Africa, AFENET, NI-ABAE, IVAC, Sultan Foundation, and Chigari Foundation.
The Agency reaffirmed its commitment to enhancing polio vaccination coverage and ensuring the successful implementation of the forthcoming Measles-Rubella (MR) Immunization Campaign for the benefit of all communities in Jigawa State.
Ya'u Muhammad Sani
Social Media Focal Person, JSPHCDA
21st August 2025 (27/02/1447AH).