17th edition of mother and child nutrition week

The 17th edition of Mother and Child Nutrition and health action week kicks off this 15th April 2016 in Cameroon.

The three day event will be marked by an intense vaccination campaign where vaccination agents will move from door to door to administer Polio vaccine to children from zero to five years; the vitamin A vaccine to children from six months to five years; while pregnant women will receive some preventive treatment against Malaria.

In the Centre Region, the Regional Delegate of Public Health attests that all the supplements are available to be used in all the districts. All this is aimed at attaining a hundred percent coverage of the immunization campaign in the Centre Region.

In the Centre Region, vaccination agents will move to schools, market places to meet parents and children.

Parents have also been called upon to react positively to the vaccination campaign which will cover the 30 health districts of the Centre Region.

The Mother and Child Nutrition and Health action week has also coincided with the African immunization week.