ERADICATION OF POLIO AND OTHER DISEASES: CRS FLAG-OFF 2017 1ST ROUND IMMUNIZATION PLUS DAYS
The Wife of the Cross River State Governor, Her Excellency, Dr Linda Aya de represented by the honorable Commissioner for health, Dr Inyang Asibong has flagged off the 1st round of the 2017 immunization plus days in Cross River State with a call on Cross Riverians to join hands to eradicate the disease. Performing the exercise at the Primary Healthcare Centre, Kasuk, Calabar the governor wife said that Cross River is doing well in the fight against polio and other vaccinated diseases. She thanked the traditional rulers and opinion leaders, the church,health workers and the development partners for helping the state government in mobilising their wards and community to benefit from immunization exercises so as to rid the state of the dreaded diseases. Stating further, Dr Asibong said His Excellency, Prof Ben Ayade is health conscious and does not want any child to die of vaccines preventable disease. "I hope that when next WHO comes to access Nigeria in Polio er...