Taraba Launches Disease Surveillance In IDPs’ Camps

Taraba State Emergency Management Agency (TSEMA) has begun a state-wide illness surveillance programme to forestall the outbreaks of cholera, typhoid and different waterborne diseases successful Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps.

This was arsenic a fallout of the fallout from the caller floods that ravaged communities, wherever implicit 10,000 persons were affected by the flood.

The enforcement caput of TSEMA, Dr Audu Echuseh, announced the inaugural aft the bureau rescued 2 toddlers, Fatima Saleh and Mohammed Umar, who developed life-threatening complications linked to contaminated floodwater and acute malnutrition.

Fatima suffered from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), malaria, and persistent Malaria and cough, portion Mohammed battled precocious fever that temporarily impaired his show and hearing.
Both children person since recovered aft exigency attraction astatine the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jalingo and NOBIS Eye Clinic successful Jalingo.

Dr. Echuseh said, the speedy involution underscored the urgency of a coordinated surveillance system.

“We person deployed a disease-surveillance squad to each IDPs’ camps and flood-affected communities to observe and respond to immoderate outbreak of cholera, typhoid fever, and different waterborne diseases.

“Children stay the astir vulnerable, truthful our extremity is aboriginal detection and accelerated containment.
“The surveillance teams, moving with the authorities Ministry of Health, the Red Cross, and section healthcare providers, volition show sanitation conditions, trial h2o sources, and supply punctual attraction wherever needed,” the ES said.

According to the TSEMA boss, “Governor Agbu Kefas has already directed the constitution of impermanent shelters successful safer areas for displaced residents. Alongside surveillance, TSEMA is distributing alleviation materials and moving mobile clinics to amended hygiene and trim vulnerability.
“Public wellness campaigns connected due sanitation and harmless h2o practices are besides underway,” she said.
Parents of the rescued children, Mallam Saleh and Umar, expressed gratitude to the authorities authorities for averting what could person been a tragic outbreak.

“We convey God and the exigency squad for redeeming our children and protecting the camp,” they said.

Health officials pass that stagnant h2o and overcrowded camps stay breeding grounds for cholera and typhoid, but they accidental the caller surveillance web puts Taraba up of imaginable epidemics.