Between October 2025 and March 2026, 40 PATH-trained mobilizers in Ogbia and Sagbama held more than 700 dialogue sessions in communities and made more than 1,200 visits to caregivers.
“We are seeing more turn-up in our facilities by caregivers for subsequent doses of the malaria vaccine following the intensified efforts of the mobilizers in Sagbama LGA,” said Kurofuo James, the local immunization officer in Sagbama.
Engaging house-to-house mobilizers is an opportunity to strengthen immunization coverage for other routine childhood vaccines as well.
“Our vaccination coverage data has significantly improved,” said Elizabeth Ogisi, Director of Primary Health Care, Ogbia LGA, Bayelsa State. “We have seen increases not only in the uptake of malaria vaccine doses, but in other [routine immunization] antigens.”