What Are The Millennium Development Goals (Mdgs?

We have been hired by the country of Nigeria to develop a program that will contribute to the decrease of measles and polio in this country, which can help improve the health of the people. This program will focus on one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Millennium Development Goals list eight global public health achievement targets that were adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 2000 and have been endorsed by nearly 200 countries from around the world. Consequently, “Each UN member nation has committed to work toward these goals, so the MDGs have provided a blueprint for national-level priority setting, for bilateral and multilateral aid, and for World Bank and International Monetary Fund funding (“Millennium Development,” 2011).”

The severity of complications may vary from low to high-level conditions. Symptoms associated are fairly mild and often include a fever, runny nose, a cough, watery red eyes, small white spots, and a skin rash that appears about two weeks after being exposed to the virus. The most severe complications include but are not limited to blindness, encephalitis, severe diarrhea, related dehydration, ear infections, or pneumonia (“Measles,” 2016). Being that measles and polio are more prone in populations consisting of poorly nourished young children, it comes at no surprise that this disease is prominent amongst children in Nigeria. These diseases primarily affect children with insufficient vitamin A or whose immune system has been weakened by various diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome

 Aim to reduce illness and death to a 60% due to polio and measles viruses by vaccinating at least 80% of the population in Nigeria by 2019 or earlier, targeting especially children under 5-years-old.

 Contribute to the decrease and control of incidences of polio and measles in Nigeria to improve the health of the people locally, nationally, and eventually internationally.

Polio and Measles Vaccination Program

The action plan to eradicate polio will include routine immunization, supplementary immunization, and surveillance. Routine immunization will consist of vaccination of children less than one-year-old with three doses of oral polio vaccine. Polio vaccination coverage will increase population immunity and reduce the incidence of polio. Supplementary immunization will complement routine immunization and will be executed in the form of mass immunization campaigns or national immunization days (“Polio Eradication,”