The disease has now spread across 18 states and 96 local government areas (LGAs), with five states—Ondo, Bauchi, Edo, Taraba, and Ebonyi—accounting for a staggering 91% of all confirmed infections.
“This award is a validation of the governor’s vision and our collective effort to localise that vision,”
“We have empowered the youths on various skills and they were given start up kits. Women group from various local governments have been empowered in agriculture and supported with farm inputs.”
“That is what we need to do more and the key to stopping outbreaks lies in rapid, high-quality response campaigns and closing immunity gaps”
“We are shutting them down for illegal production without marketing authorisations as investigation continues. The fact that people see sachet water and other products with NAFDAC number does not mean they are fully registered because some people fake the numbers by themselves.”
“Before we started, we measured the antimicrobial resistance level and obtained 4.1% before introducing the drugs and ensured that we were not solving one problem and starting another one.”
”With this facility, we are taking concrete steps to eliminate fake medicines from our supply chain.”
“Antimicrobial resistance threatens our ability to treat infectious diseases and undermines health systems and development”.
“The governors will also collaborate with partners to improve access to screening, vaccines, and education, particularly in rural and hard-to-reach areas.”
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu is to launch the Partnership to Eliminate Cervical Cancer…
