Target Population
Nigeria has many problems to attest to and one of them is the administration of vaccines. We have to educate and target the older generation to make sure that they can get their children vaccinated. There are people there who do not believe in injecting chemicals into the body, because they feel it will do more harm than good. Furthermore, there are some people that believe that the epidemics and pandemics that are occurring will be cured by spiritual understanding and homemade remedies.
The debate and struggle about reforming and improving the health care delivery system in Nigeria is not one that will be fixed overnight. But, if we can as a whole educate and spread the word on vaccines and the advantage of this medication, …show more content…
However, according to researchers, health conditions, particularly for children, are worsening in the Sub-Saharan Africa despite the wide spread promotion of immunizations (“Millennium Development,” 2011). Rather than making the necessary improvements, certain factors are preventing children from receiving assistance. “Millennium Development” revealed that parental poverty and low educational levels are associated with the child not receiving the proper immunizations. Achieving the child-survival, the Millennium Development Goals may require attention to a range of childhood morbidities, such as diarrheal diseases, malaria, acute respiratory infections and malnutrition …show more content…
Subsequently, the other short-term outcome for the Nigerian measles/polio vaccination program will be to travel to other sub villages tripling the number of children vaccinated to 1,500 within 18 months. Consequently, the long-term outcome of the Nigerian vaccination program is to stop the spread of measles/ polio viruses in the infants and young children in this under developed and over populated country.
Our program will begin with a pilot program in a small rural village and will have the short term goal of achieving a hundred percent vaccination coverage in the selected area for both measles and polio. As part of our program, the training of local health promoters will be finished. The trained health promoters will continue the education of the population regarding the importance of immunization compliance and early signs
Nigeria has many problems to attest to and one of them is the administration of vaccines. We have to educate and target the older generation to make sure that they can get their children vaccinated. There are people there who do not believe in injecting chemicals into the body, because they feel it will do more harm than good. Furthermore, there are some people that believe that the epidemics and pandemics that are occurring will be cured by spiritual understanding and homemade remedies.
The debate and struggle about reforming and improving the health care delivery system in Nigeria is not one that will be fixed overnight. But, if we can as a whole educate and spread the word on vaccines and the advantage of this medication, …show more content…
However, according to researchers, health conditions, particularly for children, are worsening in the Sub-Saharan Africa despite the wide spread promotion of immunizations (“Millennium Development,” 2011). Rather than making the necessary improvements, certain factors are preventing children from receiving assistance. “Millennium Development” revealed that parental poverty and low educational levels are associated with the child not receiving the proper immunizations. Achieving the child-survival, the Millennium Development Goals may require attention to a range of childhood morbidities, such as diarrheal diseases, malaria, acute respiratory infections and malnutrition …show more content…
Subsequently, the other short-term outcome for the Nigerian measles/polio vaccination program will be to travel to other sub villages tripling the number of children vaccinated to 1,500 within 18 months. Consequently, the long-term outcome of the Nigerian vaccination program is to stop the spread of measles/ polio viruses in the infants and young children in this under developed and over populated country.
Our program will begin with a pilot program in a small rural village and will have the short term goal of achieving a hundred percent vaccination coverage in the selected area for both measles and polio. As part of our program, the training of local health promoters will be finished. The trained health promoters will continue the education of the population regarding the importance of immunization compliance and early signs