Chartey:


Very possible. A child does not belong to the parent. A child is not personal property. That's why you can't sell, kill or refuse life-saving treatment for a child. Na oversabi dey worry most so-called educated Nigerians

yomi007k:


The Ministry of Health will not see hear these excuses.


How many health workers are nice in Nigeria?

You said you are not sure if she is one. Did you ask her for identity and she couldn't provide or is your school new to this vaccination process?

richPHAROAH:
A child is not a personal property. He or she is a govt property by default

GenBuhari:
All vaccines are for depopulation purposes. If government really cared about children they would be sending their workers around to ensure that every child is getting enough food and are not malnourished . What about taking steps to curb mosquitoes and malaria menace by eradicating standing water open gutters and educating populations?

uglodoh:

No school prevents health workers from vacinating children. There are times the children have already been vacinated in churches and some other places. The school needs to inform parents to know if their children should take it or not.
The last time my son's school put something like that on the whatsapp platform. Some parents said their children had already taken. I as a person I saw it as an opportunity for him to be vacinated and likewise some other parents. The health worker should have been patient.

lexy2014:


You haven't answered my questions:

Which nonesense excuses are u referring?
Is it the ministry of health the owner of the children? If a parent refuses vaccination for his or her child, is the ministry of health going to arrest the parent? if a child doesn't belong to the parents, is it you that it belongs to? Seems u are the "so called educated Nigerian" doing over sabi

EXLOVER:



Where i wan go? I'm jobless

BigDawsNet:



Good one... Maybe they can even offer you a job

But this one that you are a Congolese living in Nigeria...Im not sure if you have workpermit to work

Chartey:


Yes, the parent can be arrested. It has happened. Parents have been arrested for refusing childhood vaccines in Nigeria. The only reason it's not very common is that the government does not want to make people start getting suspicious and rejecting vaccines en masse because it's still the poor children that would lose. The government has the ultimate power over children and can take them away from parents if they decide the child is not safe with them.

Nigeria has a School Health Policy. I think you should look for it and read. Also look for the policy documents and strategic plans for routine immunisation in Nigeria. Like I said, many so-called educated Nigerians are ignorant.

Mrshape:
When health workers come to a school, will they not allow the school to contact the parents before they vaccinate their children?
Some health workers came to my school and started disturbing the peace of the school because we told her we will contact the parents and seek their consent before they can vaccinate the children, she started shouting they will close down the school, this that, torn the visitors book, we have to tell her to go. We contacted our parents some refused most said we go ahead then told the local health center to come and vaccinate the children tommorow.

I want to know do they have right to force vaccine on children without parents consent?

richPHAROAH:
A child is not a personal property. He or she is a govt property by default

lilyheaven:
The health center should have sent a notice first before sending a health worker over.
The school security shouldn’t have giving her entry because she has no appointment with the school.

advanceDNA:


They pay them per vaccination....
Very small money...

So she dey look say una don pour sand inside her garri

lilyheaven:


Teacher said her school was not informed.

SmileDance:
I guess the school is in northern nigeria

EXLOVER:



Lol...Baba you wicked o, you nor see better Africa country to give me na Congo.

BigDawsNet:


Okay sorry
What about Mali

heykims:

The vaccine is given to all regardless whether they already took or not.

maaji:
I work with the national Primary health Care development agency. I am part of the management support team. Prior to any campaign on polio vaccine, circulars and letters are distributed to all schools so as to be aware of upcoming campaigns and be duely notified. Each school authority is to allow children for mass vaccination. It is a MUST for each school to allow that to happen or will be reported to the appropriate authorities.

Now let me break it down. In vaccination, the main aim is to reach as more children as possible included churches, mosques, schools, Islamic school and were children gathers. Children from 0 to 59 months. We have 2 major forms of vaccination

House to house
Special teams

The house to house teams visit each household to vaccinate children. Those teams also go to school and do mass vaccination

Now to the issue of parents before any campaign a mandatory and compulsory visit will be made to the authorities including the local government chairman, councillor and all district heads both chiefs and kings

Mobilisation funds will be made available for dissemination of information whether through radio or tv stations will be made to inform parents of oncoming polio vaccination.

The parents already know that thier children will be vaccinated by trusted and well known health worker.

Pardon mu epistly

texazzpete:


They absolutely should. Treat it the same way as a parent refusing to feed their child. At some point, society needs to step in.

michaelwilli:


You seem to have a saviour complex.

Nwanyiogwashi:


I have not heard from you yet.

Cc john2350