The Nasarawa State Government has put in place measures to stop the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease within the state, together with the reactivation of isolation centres and the circulation of a public well being advisory.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Health, Dr Ibrahim Alhassan,l disclosed this in an interview in Lafia.
He mentioned the division has developed an advisory which has been circulated to healthcare professionals and to most of the people.
According to him, the state is establishing a job group to be led by the State Epidemiologist for steady consciousness creation.
He defined that the group will have interaction the media as a part of a sensitization programme that will probably be flagged off by the Commissioner for Health at a press convention later within the week.
“The press conference will kick-start awareness and sensitization on what the disease is, what are the symptoms, how it is transmitted, and what people need to do to prevent themselves,” he mentioned.
The everlasting secretary mentioned the federal government can be procuring Personal Protective Equipment and prepositioning them throughout healthcare services within the state.
He mentioned the ministry is working to enhance the index of suspicion amongst healthcare staff, with directives to promptly reply to suspected instances, isolate the place attainable, and refer instances throughout the three tiers of healthcare — major, secondary and tertiary.
He added that well being staff have been directed to acquire detailed journey historical past and phone historical past from sufferers presenting at services to make sure early identification and acceptable response.
On isolation services, Dr Alhassan defined that the state already has recognized centres from the COVID-19 interval which can be nonetheless in existence.
“We have the Federal University Teaching Hospital Lafia, we have the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital in Lafia, we have the Federal Medical Center in Keffi, we have the Medical Center in Maraba. Those facilities are still in existence and some of our general hospitals also,” he mentioned.
He famous that the services solely must be prepped to be used in case suspected instances are recorded.
He mentioned within the coming weeks, the ministry will intensify public enlightenment to make sure residents know what to do to stop an infection.
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