Stake holders on primary health care and water sanitation in Bauchi State have embarked on ‘operation clean your environment’ as part of measures put in place to control the spread of cholera in the state.
Bauchi State Director of the primary health care unit Dr. Musa Muhammad Dambam stated this when he received chlorine donated water guard for distribution to wards in state metropolis.
Dr Dambam advised ward heads to ensure that the chlorine is fully utilized in the right quantity in their wells.
He said the state government has recently embarked on gutter sanitation in most areas of the state to curtail further spread of the disease.
Speaking during the presentation of the kit at the Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, the supervising officer of the state Water Board Muhammad Dubagari Bello, said that the gesture is necessary to assist government’s efforts in fighting the killer disease that has bedeviled the state for the past two months.
Bello advised the ward to report any pipe damaged to his board and also to assist in enlighten the people of their wards on the necessity of sanitizing their water before consumption, adding that the water board is doing everything possible to ensure that the water discharge from the board for consumption is protected from germs.
Source: Ahmed Mohammed, Daily Trust / allAfrica.com, 2 September 2010
