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Unvaccinated young children are at the highest risk of #measles infection and its complications, including death.

Ensure the completion of routine immunisation for your children or wards to keep them safe and #healthy.
Vaccines are a safe and effective way to prevent infectious diseases like #yellowfever, #cholera, #measles, #meningitis, #COVID19 & others.

Play your part to achieve #LongLifeForAll. Get vaccinated.

#TakeResponsibility
Zoonotic, water/food borne & vector-borne diseases eg. #cholera, #LassaFever, #measles, #monkeypox etc. continue to pose threats to humans & animals with significant disability & death rates

Nigeria has a #OneHealth plan to tackle this challenge

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http://bit.ly/OneHealth22
Prevention and control of zoonotic diseases require the collective effort of the human, animal and environmental sectors.

Examples of these diseases are #LassaFever, #Measles, #Cholera, #Rabies, #Monkeypox, #EbolaVirusDisease, #AvianInfluenza etc.
Zoonotic, water/food borne & vector-borne diseases eg. #cholera, #LassaFever, #measles, #monkeypox etc. repeatedly pose threats to humans & animals with significant disability & death rates

Nigeria's #OneHealth strategic plan aims to tackle this challenge
🔗https://ncdc.gov.ng/themes/common/docs/protocols/93_1566785462.pdf
#Measles is an acute, highly infectious disease with initial symptoms of high fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes & tiny white spots in the mouth.

Please immediately report to a health facility if you experience these symptoms.

Read more: https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/info/M
#Measles is highly contagious.

Isolate all suspected cases of the disease and take them to the nearest healthcare facility immediately.

Read more via https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/info/M
REDNESS OF THE EYE is an early indication of #Measles when observed with symptoms like high-grade fever, running nose, dry cough & tiny spots in the mouth.

Please report immediately to a health facility when these symptoms are observed.

Visit https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/info/M for more.
RUNNING NOSE is an early indication of #Measles when observed with symptoms like high fever, red eyes, dry cough & tiny spots in the mouth.

Please report immediately to a health facility when these symptoms are observed.

Visit https://ncdc.gov.ng/diseases/info/M for more.
Unvaccinated young children are at the highest risk of #measles infection and its complications.

Ensure the completion of routine immunisation for your children or wards to keep them safe and #healthy.

#TakeResponsibility
#Measles is an acute, highly infectious disease with initial symptoms of high-grade fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes & tiny white spots in the mouth.

Please report to a health facility immediately if you experience these symptoms.
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