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LequteMan
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According to the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency Dr. Ado Muhammad on Sunday in Abuja, Polio Virus scourge in Nigeria has been reduced by 60% this year compared to last year.
He said that with the administrative data available to the agency within the year, more than 80 per cent of all eligible Nigerian children have successfully been immunised.
“We have mobilised over 10, 000 members of staffs across the 1, 500 PHCs in various communities to ensure a reduction in maternal, new born, and child morbidity and mortality.
“We have aligned ourselves with the global campaign to mobilise one million community health workers.
“The NPHCDA in collaboration with the MDG office and SURE-P have recruited, trained and deployed over 5, 000 village health workers.
“Their duties primarily will be to serve as foot soldiers in the community and bridge the gap between the families and PHC facility,’’ he said.
Muhammad said that evidence had shown that over 70 per cent of the disease burdens were conditions that could be tackled at the PHC level.
He therefore suggested that to make Nigerians healthy, the PHC system must be made to function effectively.
He said that with the administrative data available to the agency within the year, more than 80 per cent of all eligible Nigerian children have successfully been immunised.
“We have mobilised over 10, 000 members of staffs across the 1, 500 PHCs in various communities to ensure a reduction in maternal, new born, and child morbidity and mortality.
“We have aligned ourselves with the global campaign to mobilise one million community health workers.
“The NPHCDA in collaboration with the MDG office and SURE-P have recruited, trained and deployed over 5, 000 village health workers.
“Their duties primarily will be to serve as foot soldiers in the community and bridge the gap between the families and PHC facility,’’ he said.
Muhammad said that evidence had shown that over 70 per cent of the disease burdens were conditions that could be tackled at the PHC level.
He therefore suggested that to make Nigerians healthy, the PHC system must be made to function effectively.