By Admin
As part of efforts to eradicate polio in Kano State, local government chairmen and district heads across the forty four local government areas are participating in a two-day workshop to equip them with the knowledge and skills necessary to prevent the spread of polio.
The training, organized by the Kano State Primary Healthcare Management Board, SPHDCMB, supported by UNICEF, aims to sustain gains in polio eradication, routine immunization, and other primary healthcare services.
The workshop, tagged ”Interactive Meeting with Local Government Chairmen in Sustaining the Gains for Polio Eradication, Routine Immunization, and Other PHC Services in Kano,” is designed to engage LGA chairmen and district heads in a collaborative discussion to address immunization, polio eradication, and zero-dose issues affecting the state.
Declaring the workshop open, Kano governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, represented by his deputy, Comrade Aminu Abdulsalam Gwarzo, who doubles as chairman of the state taskforce on immunization, explained that the state government is committed and will provide all the necessary support to eradicate polio.
He maintained that the polio vaccine has been efficient and effective worldwide,and urged political and traditional Leaders to monitor immigrants to verify evidence of immunization.
“There are mechanisms already in place of taking samples either from the population and communities with gutters. We need all hands on deck with from the political and traditional leaders”
The Director General of Kano State Primary Healthcare Management Board, SPHDCMB, Dr. Nasir Mahmoud pointed out that the workshop seeks to update the LG chairmen district heads and other stakeholders on current health indices, immunization, polio eradication and zero doses in Kano.
The Chief of Field Iffice UNICEF Kano, Mr Rahma Rihood Mohammad, stated that Children of Kano are still falling prey to the crippling polio virus with nearly 250,000 zero dose children.
“In 2022, we saw Six reported cases; in 2023, this increased to twenty seven and in 2024, the number stood at twenty nine”
He urged the Kano state government to intensify more efforts through community mobilization, encouraging health worker support, advocating for increased resources, and strengthening community trust.
