Yobe Adopts Media To Prevent Lassa Fever Epidemic
The Yobe State government has adopted the use of available media to curtail the spread of the Lassa fever virus in the state.
The Executive Secretary of Yobe State Primary Healthcare Management Board, Dr. Hauwa Goni, disclosed this during an interview with Channels Television in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.
While the state had not recorded any case of the disease, Dr. Goni said that efforts were being devised to educate the populace on how best to prevent the infiltration and eventual spread of the sickness in the northeast state.
According to her, “The available media include; production of jingles and announcements in local languages on television and radio, the use of public awareness campaign in churches, mosques and discussion arenas as well as the use of posters and pamphlets among others.”
Dr Hauwa Goni also revealed that traditional and religious leaders have been drafted in educating the people on the dangers of the disease and how to curtail its encroachment and subsequent spread across the state.
She hinted that the use of social media platforms such as WhatsApp had also been identified as a good way of enlightening the people on the scourge of the epidemic.
The medic urged the people of the state to help disseminate the information through their contact numbers when it gets to them.
She added that the Yobe State government would invent all the necessary measures within its reach to prevent the disease from entering the state.
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