Red Cross tackles emerging health challenges in 8 LGAs in Katsina
The Nigerian
Red Cross Society has revived its healthcare activities, particularly in the
eight frontline local government areas affected by banditry attacks and other
forms of insecurity.
This followed
the improved security situation in the state occasioned by the dialogue
currently going on between Katsina State government and the bandits.
Secretary of
the Katsina State Branch of the NCRS, Bala Abdullahi Hussein, told newsmen at a
workshop on a refresher training for selected health volunteers and field
workers, that the programme was designed to equip the trainees and ensure that
they go back to translate the knowledge they acquire to volunteers and other
field workers on how to identify related health challenges and forward same for
field reports.
He further
disclosed that the workshop is also expected to review Year 1 reports and the
lessons learnt, as well as identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities of
the operations of NCRS and to prepare master trainers to conduct refresher
training with changes on data collection tool and so on.
He said, ”The Year 1 project under review will focus on indemnified issues on
such health challenges including measles, yellow fever, cholera, tetanus and so
on.
