Nigeria, Aug. 30 -- The Plateau State Government and health stakeholders have unveiled plans for a statewide measles-rubella (MR) vaccination campaign aimed at reaching more than 2.9 million children.

The campaign, scheduled for 10-27 October, targets children between nine months and 14 years and seeks to strengthen routine immunisation while reducing the burden of vaccine-preventable diseases.

At a stakeholders' meeting in Jos, the Director-General of the Plateau State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (PLASCHEMA), Solomon Kwande, represented by the director of planning and research, Jude Nden, said the campaign was a critical step toward protecting children from preventable deaths.

"We are determined to mobilise parents, care...