The County Government of Kakamega is targeting to vaccinate 1.1 million children in the ongoing nationwide vaccination campaign against Measles, Rubella(MR), and Typhoid diseases.
Health workers are administering the Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccine to children aged between nine months and 5 years and the Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) to those aged between nine months and 14 years.
Speaking to the media during the launch of the Vaccination campaign at Kakamega General Hospital on Saturday, the County Executive Committee Member for Health, Livingstone Imbayi, asked parents to ensure their children are vaccinated. "For MR disease we are targeting to vaccinate over 231,000 children and slightly over 800,000 children for Typhoid fever," the CECM added.
He said health workers are well trained to administer the vaccines and would be moving from schools, churches and other designated places to reach a wider population of children. "This exercise will still be ongoing in our health facilities, so even if the 10 days' vaccination period elapses, parents can still take their children to health facilities to be vaccinated," the CECM added.
