The Federal Ministry of Water Sources has commenced routine coaching for Well being Training Officers in direction of ending cholera outbreaks in Open Defecation Free Native Authorities Areas within the nation.
The Desk Officer accountable for hygiene within the ministry, Mrs. Ayaba Kogbara, made this identified in Abuja on Wednesday, throughout an interview with the Information Company of Nigeria.
Kogbara stated that the ministry was involved that open defecation-free native authorities areas had been nonetheless reporting cholera instances, noting that the event necessitated the quick deployment of its personnel to hold out hygiene coaching.
She recalled that many communities had been nonetheless reporting cholera instances attributable to non-adherence to hygiene, stressing that handwashing was crucial to breaking faecal-oral transmission of ailments.
“Handwashing is the primary barrier to illness transmission. We should construct a barrier to cholera by way of the development of bathrooms. Meals hygiene is essential. Cowl your meals correctly from flies, and ensure they’re cooked correctly,’’ she suggested.
The 2021 Nigeria Centre for Illness Management cholera state of affairs report confirmed that on January 2, a complete of 111,062 suspected cholera instances together with, 3,604 deaths had been reported from 33 states and the FCT.
It revealed that 4 states reported the next instances: Bauchi -19,558, Jigawa -15,141, Kano -12,116 and Zamfara – 11,931.
And that eleven native authorities areas throughout 5 states with 4 in Bauchi, 4 in Zamfara, one in Kano, one in Katsina and one in Borno, reporting greater than 1,000 instances.
Kogbara stated as a result of cholera outbreak final yr, a five-day coaching was organised by the ministry within the open defecation-free LGAs in Jigawa.
In line with her, the coaching was geared toward re-exposing the LGA WASH division employees to key hygiene actions in the neighborhood and faculty, and new abilities on hygiene promotion.
She added that the measure was with the intention to transfer the open defecation-free LGAs and communities to complete sanitation.
“On the finish of the coaching, members got here up with an motion plan for the implementation of hygiene promotion of their LGAs,’’ she added.
The desk officer famous that hygiene promotion had 5 domains together with, private hygiene with emphases on handwashing with cleaning soap and water in addition to secure water chain administration.
Others are secure excreta disposal, together with youngster’s excreta; meals and residential hygiene and environmental hygiene, together with liquid and stable waste.
She added that plans had been ongoing to coach personnel in all open defecation-free native authorities areas, noting that hygiene promotion was to make sure complete sanitation and mitigate cholera and different illness outbreaks.
(NAN)
