Ayeeshat J Ahmad
Aminci Radio Kano
Dr Abubakar Labaran Yusuf have been assured of the safeness and effectiveness of polio vaccine, hence the need for giving maximum cooperation for the success of the ongoing campaign against poliomyelitis.
This was contain in a statement signed by the information officer ministry of health Ibrahim Abdullahi
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf made the assurance while supervising the exercise in Kunchi and Tsanyawa local governments respectively.
The commissioner said that people need to understand that children are vaccinated for them to get robust immune system that could fight and defeat diseases intruding the bodies, maintaining that diseases like diphtheria, measles, etc, are vaccine preventable diseases but were still with the people.
Represented by the DG Private Health Institutions Management Agency (PHIMA) Prof. Salisu Ibrahim Ahmad, the commissioner lauded Tsanyawa LGA for the full participation of the political class, traditional leaders, personnel of the health department and the teams on ground and urged them to maintain the tempo till the end of the exercise.
He also commended Kunchi LGA for their effort to the success of the campaign with improved data generation, though with little observation in terms of coordination at the PHC level, calling on the principal officers to sit together and harmonize the data they generate and work as a team in order to achieve the target objective in the area.
The commissioner, however, lamented the non-participation of the interim management officer by not attending the evening review meeting despite verbal pledge made for his attendance, advising him to brace up for mitigating any arising challenge.
Dr. Labaran eulogized Governor Abba Kabir Yusufs commitment to improving health indices of the state and giving special attention to the care of his people, further commending development partners for their immense support to the healthcare system of the state.