05/11/2026
No child should be out of reach for life-saving vaccines. In the riverine areas of Bayelsa, Nigeria, many families face dangerous and expensive boat trips just to reach a health clinic. We worked with local health teams to change that by taking the clinic to them. By traveling through the mangrove swamps to remote fishing camps, our teams successfully vaccinated 1,893 children in the Brass region between August 2025 and March 2026, including 1,170 who were/of which were zero-dose or under-immunized. Learn more: https://www.jsi.org/bridging-immunization-gap-bayelsa-riverine-communities/
JSI provided technical and logistical expertise to bring vaccines directly to Nigeria's riverine communities