AS the dry season sets in, mothers have been urged to ensure that their children under five years of age take the measles vaccination because the contagious infection can kill.
Commissioner for Health, Oyo State, Dr Bode Ladipo, speaking at the flag-off ceremony of the Measles Integrated Vaccination, Administration of vitamin A supplement and birth registration campaign in the state, said the dry season usually heralds a period of measles and for some time now, the infection has been a problem that mothers grapple with.
