Yola, 29 December, 2021 – In its continuous efforts to toughen properly being care products and providers in Nigeria, the World Health Organization (WHO) donated some properly being intervention materials to Adamawa Assert Govt, to support in the fight against cholera outbreak.
The donated objects included Oral Rehydration Resolution (ORS), Ringer’s lactate resolution (RL), Water Guard, Aqua Tabs, industrial boots, heavy-accountability gloves, latex gloves, canulae, knapsack sprayers, IV objects, Jerricans, posters, face masks, banners, lawful to mention a pair of.
Handing over the objects on behalf of the WHO Nation Representative, the Adamawa Assert Coordinator (SC) Dr Sameeh Omoleke, assured Govt that WHO will continue to toughen the Assert it in its quest to carry out Current Health Care coverage for all its of us.
“The donated materials are to reward the activities of the Govt in stopping the transmission of the disease”, he talked about.
Receiving the donated objects, the Adamawa Assert Public Health Director, Dr Laori Celine, commended WHO as a actual accomplice that has forever been supportive in the upliftment of the properly being space of the of us.
Representing Commissioner for Health, Dr Celine talked about that WHO has forever intervened in a lot of properly being responses in the Assert. “… We variety admire WHO for this and other interventions in the properly being sector, especially in the continuing response against cholera outbreak. WHO continues to handbook the cholera response by coordinating other companions and has supplied commodities to assign tackling the disease. We are grateful for the management and cooperation”, she talked about
Equally, the Chairman, Adamawa Assert Predominant Healthcare Construction Company, Suleiman Bashir Saidu, most new WHO for its variety gesture in making certain that the of us of Adamawa Assert received quality properly being care products and providers and promised to expend the donated materials judiciously.
“On behalf of the Adamawa Assert Govt, I are making an are attempting to guarantee you that we are going to secure expend of those materials successfully. We are going to deploy every building at some level of the properly being sector to procure out of the scenario”, he talked about.
Get rid of that WHO, for the rationale that starting of the year, has been supporting states all over the nation in curbing the cholera outbreak. Since the starting of 2021, Nigeria has reported sporadic cases of cholera. As at week 49 of 2021, (33) states had reported no longer lower than a case of the disease.
In Adamawa Assert, the total selection of cases reported as of 23 December 2021 stands at 1,783 suspected cases with 54 deaths (CFR=3.0%). To this level, 12 Local Govt Areas (LGAs) have been affected, and 5 LGAs are level-headed actively reporting.
Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease that can abolish within hours if left untreated. Cholera outbreaks have became a yearly prevalence in Nigeria and remains a risk to public properly being. It affects every kids and adults and has led to many avoidable deaths over the years.
Moreover, supportive supervision is ongoing by the executive and companions and supported by WHO to toughen cholera response.
Technical Contact:
Dr Omoleke Semeeh; Electronic mail: omolekes [at] who.int