Nigeria has stepped up advocacy efforts in preparation for introducing the measles-rubella vaccine to prevent congenital defects.
The Centre for Well-Being and Integrated Nutrition Solutions, in a statement by its head of mission for the advocacy project, Dr Mahmud Zubairu, ahead of the introduction of the vaccine, noted that rubella infections during pregnancy continue to pose a serious but preventable threat to the health of newborns across Nigeria.
As part of the advocacy, it urged stakeholders to invest in child health to ensure national stability and a better quality of life.
According to the Centre, the organisations are working with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency and other government health agencies to boost sensitisation for introducing the measles-rubella vaccine.