Osinbajo inaugurates 2021 survey on children, vaccination coverage

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated the 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey MICS and National Immunisation Coverage Survey NICS Report.

NAN reports that the National Bureau of Statistics NBS implemented MICS in 1995 aimed at providing data on child mortality, health, nutrition, education, child and social protection, women's health care and empowerment, water, sanitation and hygiene.

The vice president said the present administration had continued to make efforts to ensure the gaps reported in the last MICS survey in 2016 were addressed.

He said this had led to massive investment in the health care sector with particular emphasis on primary health care delivery and immunisation coverage.

The government will continue to provide the necessary support to all sectors, particularly maternal health care.

Osinbajo said there had been evident improvement in the immunisation coverage from 34 per cent in 2016 to 57 per cent as reported in the current survey of 2021.

Prince Semiu Adeniran, the Statistician General of the Federation, said the 2021 MICS\/NICS report provided evidence-based data for all key stakeholders to prioritize quality services for children and women with higher efficiency and effectiveness.

Adeniran added that the survey served as a major source of data for assessing the implementation of the SDGs, with over 20 percent of the indicators required for tacking the SDGs being sources from the exercise.

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