The Ibrahim Ali Usman Foundation has vaccinated over 100 girls aged nine to 14 years against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in Magama Gari Community, Toro local government area of Bauchi State.
Speaking during the free medical outreach in Magama yesterday, the executive director of the foundation, Comrade Yusuf Aliyu, said the foundation’s team has been going into nooks and crannies of urban and rural areas sensitising the people about the importance of HPV vaccine.
Comrade Aliyu, who said that the community members were adequately informed about the virus and its negative effects on girl children, disclosed that many parents gladly brought their children who were vaccinated free of charge.
According to him, the awareness campaign was sponsored by Ibrahim Ali Usman, the founder of the foundation with support from Alheri Y.S Foundation and the Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Board.
Aliyu added that, apart from the free medical outreach, the foundation has drilled over 100 boreholes in Bauchi South, offered scholarships to youths and women and donated over 100,000 exercise books to school children, among others.
The foundation, according to Comrade Aliyu, plans to reach out to all the 20 local government areas of the state with different interventions before the end of 2025.
In their remarks, two health officers working in Magama Gumau Maternity, Khadijat Abduljadir and Munirat Aliyu Jibrin, commended the foundation for the free medical outreach.
