Presenting the items on Tuesday, Mr. Rahama Rihood-Mohammed, Chief of UNICEF Kano Field Office, said the gesture would strengthen child health initiatives and boost the state’s immunization coverage.
The equipment includes 39 cold boxes, 1,420 vaccine carriers, 1,208 Icepacks of 0.6 size, and 1,704 Icepacks of 0.3 size.
“These equipment are very critical because they ensure that vaccines are maintained at the optimal temperature and conditions while being administered to children.
“The effective use of these cold chain equipment will contribute to the reduction of unimmunized or zero dose children, improve children immunity and herd immunity, and reduce vaccine-preventable child deaths,” he said
He said the equipment would be distributed to all the health facilities in all the 484 wards in the 44 LGAs across the state.
Rihood-Mohammed noted that the equipment would further bridge the gap experienced by the health facility staff in the logistics of vaccine distribution.
He recalled that UNICEF in the past supported the Kano State Primary Healthcare Management Board with walk-in cold rooms, vaccines, and Solar Direct Drive (SDD), which is powered directly by solar.