Ekiti State government has assured immunization service providers and other health personnel that training on basic guide on routine immunization will be continuous rather than having it once in a year.
The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health, Dr Ayotunde Omole gave this assurance in Ado Ekiti while declaring open a 5-day Training of Trainers Workshop on Basic Guide on Routine Immunization for service providers in Ekiti State.
Dr Omole urged the health service providers in Ekiti to domesticate the knowledge acquired in the training by training those they oversee at the local government level to ensure a healthy State.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Executive Secretary, State Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA), Dr Joshua Ileke, who said the training is meant to empower the service providers to render quality service that will improve the health of the beneficiaries, urged the people to visit the Health Care Centres whenever they needed their services.
The PHCDA Executive Secretary stressed that the training would ensure an increase in routine immunization coverage from its current 66.6% to 85% by the end of this year..
Dr. Ileke who expressed his satisfaction at the level of performance so far appreciated the efforts of other organizations that have collaborated with the state government in ensuring the prevention and elimination of childhood killer diseases in Ekiti State.
He also urged the health officers to identify one PHC per INEC ward for upgrading to centres that will offer services on maternal, child health, immunization, Nutrition, HIV/AIDs and family planning while at the same time appealing to the participants to take the training seriously and highlight what needed to be done to strengthen routine immunization in Ekiti State.
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