Personnel of the Ministry of Health in the Yendi District have been commended for making it possible for children between zero and five years to be immunised under the first phase of the sub-national polio immunisation exercise.

The Ministry engaged the services of zonal micro-planning maps to coordinators, volunteers, supervisors and senior health personnel and made sure that every qualified child was immunized.

Dr Kane Ibrahima, World Health Polio Eradication Focal Person who made the commendation, said he was satisfied with the way the immunization teams marked houses and fingers of children they immunized.

He said the cold chain system was also kept at the appropriate level to maintain the potency of the polio vaccine.

Dr Ibrahima appealed to the teams to adopt the same strategy during the second phase of the exercise scheduled for July 11.

Mr George Alhassan, Yendi District Disease Control Officer, who assisted in the zoning of the district, said the teams were not provided with sufficient carriers for vaccines and this made the exercise difficult.

Mr Mohammed Asibi Azonko, the District Co-ordinating Director, commended heads of departments and NGOs for releasing their vehicles for the teams to perform their duties.