THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS ITS IN TALKS WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION AS WELL AS THE UNITED STATES CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL TO ACCESS MONKEY POX VACCINES, AS AN ADDITIONAL PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO CURB THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, DOCTOR FAISAL SHUAIB STATED THIS AT THE OFFICIAL FLAG-OFF CEREMONY OF COMMUNITY COVID -19 VACCINATION IN ABUJA.
ACCORDING TO HIM, THE AGENCY IS ALSO IN CONSTANT DISCUSSION WITH THE NIGERIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL TO CURB THE SPREAD.
THE EVENT, WHICH IS THE OFFICIAL FLAG-OFF CEREMONY OF COMMUNITY MASS COVID 19 VACCINATION, IS AN INITIATIVE OF GOVERNMENT TO MOBILIZE COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS WHO WILL HELP CURB THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
ACCORDING TO DOCTOR FAISAL, THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE COLLABORATION WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS IS TO HELP PROVIDE THE NEEDED TRAINING, AND ALSO TO MAKE EVERY PHARMACISTS A VACCINATOR IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, WITH THE HOPE OF SCALING UP VACCINATION AGAINST COVID 19, AND OTHER DISEASES
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THE CAMPAIGN WHICH KICKED OFF BY THE VACCINATION OF SOME FEW INDIVIDUALS ON SITE, IS BELIEVED THAT IF PROPERLY DRIVEN, WILL HELP TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF DISEASES IN THE COUNTRY
ON THE SIDELINE OF THE EVENT, THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF NATIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, SPEAKS ON WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING TO CURB THE SPREAD OF MONKEY POX.
THE NIGERIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL HAS RECORDED A TOTAL OF 21 CASES OF MONKEY POX AND ONE FATALITY, BETWEEN JANUARY AND MAY 29 THIS YEAR, MAKING THE DISEASE A NEW SOURCE OF CONCERN FOR MANY, AFTER COVID 19.
