The
Ebonyi State government said that over eight hundred thousand students are receiving
treatment against tropic hold diseases in the state, the state commissioner for
health DR. DANIEL UMEZURUIKE announced
this while addressing Newsmen in Abakaliki the capital of Ebonyi state in
Nigeria.
According
to reporter from Abakaliki who narrated the events said the four main neglected
tropic hold diseases are: Skistosomiasis, Unconsosiasis, Lymphatic clearriasis and
Soil transmitted ementiasis, according to DR.
DANIEL UMEZURUIKE mass administration for the control of the diseases
commenced in 2014, following an endemic survey carried out in 2013, he pointed
out the administration of the drugs was on going in over 300 schools in EZZA SOUTH, IFO and ABAKALIKI Local Government Areas of the State. He also
urged parents to support Government effort towards eradicating the diseases.
Still according to him, he said that if the treatments of the diseases are
neglected, it will keep on spreading to other children but if it is treated the
circulation will reduce and there will be peace in the city.
DR. DANIEL UMEZURUIKE stated that the ministry will henceforth obtain the
consent of affected school and as well as advise parents and school children on
the possibility of severe adverse effect of the drugs and what to do on such
rare occurrence. Still according to DR.
DANIEL UMEZURUIKE he said that the administration of the drug is very critical
and the only solution is to measure the height of the people affected and merge
it with the number of apartment he/she is supposed to pay.
DR. DANIEL UMEZURUIKE also explained that an incident involving 18 students
of a private school who suffered a drug reaction after being treated of the
diseases was an isolated case as investigation revealed that many of them were
fasting when the drug was ministered on them and that will serve as a caution
to other that will partake in the treatment.
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