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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Kebbi Joins The World To Celeberate Pilio Day

 


BY Mansur Danjuma Sanchi.


Kebbi State has joined the rest of the World in celebrating the 2024 World Polio Day.


The program which was organized by the state Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) featured street rally, display of placards with inscription "End Polio Now" and musical instruments as part of efforts to ensure grassroot sensitization of polio virus.


In his address, the Senior Program Manager of Bill Millinda Gate Foundation Dr. Samuel Okiro said this years grand celebration took place in Lagos State with a theme " a chance for reflection and a reminder to reach every last child" and was stepdown to Kebbi state.



Dr. Okiro said, the Kebbi State Ministry of Health in collaboration with World Health Organization and other Development Partners organized the street rally in order to sensitize communities on Polio as a killer disease that paralyze children.


He also stressing the need for collective collaboration in eradicating it while using the medium to thank the State Government under the leadership of Comrade Dr Nasir Idris Kauran Gwandu, traditional and religious leaders as well as health stakeholders for their efforts in reducing the spread of Polio in Kebbi State.


The Senior Program Manager noted that only two cases were recorded in Kebbi State this year which he described as a great achievement compared to previous years records.


He thanked all the International, National and local partners for supporting the fight against the spread of the Virus. He explained that polio eradication requires global movement with global partners all coming together to support it.



In his remark, the State Commissioner for Health, Comrade Yunusa Musa Ismail, represented by the State Incident Manager Polio Emergency Operation Centre, Alhaji Abubakar Bagudu noted that the ministry has engaged traditional and religious leaders, technical working groups and public health workers towards ensuring every eligible child received full dose of oral polio vaccines to prevent the spread of variant Polio Virus from now to December this year.


Alhaji Bagudu who doubled as the State Director Public Health said all necessary arengement have been put in place to commence another round of polio vaccination in the State on the 2nd of November this year.

He also appealed to parents, guardians and caregivers to ensure that their children are immunized with polio vaccines in the State.


The Emir of Gwandu rtd Major General Muhammadu Iliyasu Bashar, represented by Wazirin Gwandu, Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Waziri assured that traditional Institutions would continue to support healthcare services in the state.


While commenting on the forthcoming grand flagg off of polio vaccination in the state, scheduled for November this year, the emir appeal to parents to immunize their children explaining that any missing child can affect many other children.



The street rally was attended by the Zonal Coordinator WHO, Dr Haruna Adamu, State Coordinator WHO, Dr. Nasir Bala, Public Health Officer WHO Ahmed Tambari Babangida, and Staff from the Ministry of Health and it's Agencies as well as representatives from the Amalgamated Bikers and Riders Association and Security Agencies among many others

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