By Tina George, Minna
Civil Society Organizations in Niger State are partnering with the State Emergency Routine Immunization Coordinating Center (NISERICC) to scale up the coverage of routine immunization in the state.
The resolve to partner with the government agency was decided during a meeting organized by the Center for Communication and Reproductive Health Services PACFaH@ Scale Project team between the two parties.
The members of the Civil Society Organizations present observed the need to improve the poor coverage of routine immunization in the state and to resolve identified challenges of routine immunization coverage.
Speaking on behalf of the CSOs, the Chairperson of Coalition on Maternal and Newborn Child Health in Niger (COMiN), Mrs. Mary Jalingo said that the CSOs will support NISERICC in strategic advocacy to relevant stakeholders and track routine immunization funds in the state.
According to her, this would promote accountability and transparency across the the state and ensure prompt release of funds which had in the past, hampered routine immunization coverage in the state.
Jalingo further stated that the collaboration would further strengthen the engagement of CSOs on routine immunization accountability platform in Niger State.
In his address, the NISERICC Project Manager, Dr. Ahmed Abdulsalam emphasized on the importance of routine immunization stressing that it is the survival of children which needs to have all hands on deck.
He said that NISERICC is an umbrella body formed to manage the full implementation of routine immunization programmes, strategies and other recommendations to improve routine immunization coverage in the state.
Abdulsalam expressed readiness to engage the CSOs in its committees to compliment the effort of the Center towards achieving its objectives of strengthening leadership and accountability mechanisms where people are held accountable for results and achievements of overall programme goals.
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