State statistics show the worst immunization rates against pediatric illnesses. According to information from a Federal Government report, many children in Sokoto State could pass away or suffer physical disabilities as a result of infections from childhood diseases like measles, hepatitis B, polio, tetanus, whooping cough, diphtheria, and other vaccine-preventable diseases.
The information comes from two surveys recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in partnership with UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), and other partners: the Nigeria Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and the National Immunization Coverage Survey (NICS).
According to the survey, southern zones had much more completely immunized youngsters than northern zones.
It said that children who receive all of the advised vaccine doses on time will benefit fully from vaccinations.
It demonstrates that Sokoto State has the highest childhood vaccine dropout rate in the nation, which is the proportion of children aged 12 to 23 months who had one dose of their recommended vaccinations but did not obtain the subsequent dosage.
Children in Nigeria typically receive the following vaccinations: BCG (tuberculosis), HepB (hepatitis B), OPV (poliomyelitis), PENTA (diabetes mellitus, tetanus, pertussis [whooping cough], hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenza type b), PCV (pneumococcal infection), ROTA (rotavirus), IPV (poliomy
