In the Sagnerigu municipality, some mothers have beseeched the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to supply measles vaccines and other vaccines as part of the expanded immunization campaign.
According to the mothers, for over a month now, each time they visit the health centre for weighing, they are told there are no vaccines.
One of the mothers told Citi News “we are scared because of the measles outbreak in the region. All attempts to get our children vaccinated have failed. We really need the vaccines to be made available. The lives of our children are at risk.”
The Northern Region is currently facing a measles outbreak that started in October last year.
The Acting Northern Regional Director of Health, Braimah Baba Abubakari has however denied reports of vaccine shortage in the region.
Citi News checks at health facilities in Savelugu, Tamale, and Sagnerigu confirmed the non-availability of vaccines.