Nigeria, Feb. 7 -- Despite intensified efforts by the Anambra State Government and its partners to make vaccines available to every child in the state, about nine local government areas are still reporting very low immunization coverage indices.

The Director of the Immunization and Disease Control Department of the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, ANSPHCDA, Dr Placid Uliagbafusi, said this is due to vaccine hesitancy, caregiver misconceptions about vaccines, and insecurity in some parts of the state.

Uliagbafusi disclosed this during a Stakeholders' Engagement Meeting for Round 2 of the Big Catch-up initiative in Anambra State, held in Awka, by the State Government and its partners.

The Big Catch-Up is an activity designed ...