The Rivers State authorities, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Well being and different companions, has introduced a complete of 46 bikes to tuberculosis supervisors and their deputies within the 23 native authorities areas of the state.
Presenting the bikes to the tuberculosis supervisors and their deputies in Port Harcourt on Thursday, the state’s Commissioner of Well being, Dr. Adaeze Oreh, mentioned the efforts have been geared in the direction of guaranteeing that the state was free from instances of tuberculosis.
Oreh, who acknowledged that the intention was to allow them attain the hard-to-reach areas of the state, additionally mentioned the donation was geared in the direction of guaranteeing that the state which is presently ranked third within the nation in tuberculosis eradication, will get to the primary place.
He mentioned: “We’ve simply unveiled 46 bikes that has been handed over formally to the 23 native authorities areas of Rivers State Tuberculosis Supervisors and their deputies.
“These motorbikes have been donated in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Well being, Nationwide Tuberculosis and Leprosy Management Programme, The International Fund and different companions in the direction of eradicating tuberculosis and different infectious ailments in Rivers State.
“We’re notably excited as a result of we all know that the supply of those bikes will help drastically, tuberculosis supervisors in every of our native authorities areas to carryout energetic surveillance within the communities.
“We all know that tuberculosis is an issue within the communities however what gladdens us is that the efforts of the State Tuberculosis Therapy Programme have yielded vital fruit through the years.
“As at right now, Rivers State has been acknowledged nationally by the Federal Ministry of Well being because the quantity 3 within the states effort to eradicate tuberculosis within the nation and we need to render the state freed from tuberculosis.
“We’ve a 96 per cent remedy success charge from our remedy centres within the state. So we all know that with these bikes, they’d even attain extra individuals and get extra individuals from our communities on remedy and even enhance our remedy success charge to what now we have gathered and if attainable, get us to a hundred percent. So it’s a really thrilling day for us.
“I commend the Rivers State Tuberculosis Management Programme Staff, Rivers State Ministry of Well being Division of Public Well being, Illness and Management. I commend them for the efforts they’ve made to date and I cost them to proceed doing excellently properly and proceed placing Rivers State on the nationwide and world map of efforts to eradicate tuberculosis from our state.”
