The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it has immunised about 800,000 under five children against polio during the just concluded Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Week in Abuja.Dr Mathew Ashikeni, the Executive Secretary, FCT Primary Health Care Development Board, disclosed this on Wednesday to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.Ashikeni explained that apart from the children vaccinated against polio, the same number of under five children were provided with vitamin A vaccine across the country.He said that not less than 800,000 of them were also dewormed during the exercise that lasted for one week.According to him, the Vitamin A which the children receive twice in a year will help to improve vision and boost their immunities.The secretary disclosed that Nutrition Screening was also conducted for the children with a view to treat those children that were malnourished in the territory.
