Anambra govt trains health workers to prevent diphtheria outbreak… 

The Anambra State Government has begun a two-day training for Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers, to prevent the spread of diphtheria and other communicable diseases to the state.

The Commissioner for Health in the state, Afam Obidike, while declaring the training open on Tuesday in Awka, said the training was necessary based on the growing concerns over the current outbreak of diphtheria in some states.

Mr Obidike, a medical doctor, said that no fewer than 11,000 suspected cases had been recorded in the country and the state needed to put precautionary measures in place.

According to him, the surveillance officers were drawn from the 21 local government areas of the state.

The commissioner said that the training was part of the government’s steadfast response to the diphtheria outbreaks occurring in various states in the country.