{"id":55083,"date":"2016-12-19T07:16:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T06:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=55083"},"modified":"2016-12-19T07:16:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T06:16:13","slug":"sokoto-establishes-agency-malaria-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/sokoto-establishes-agency-malaria-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Sokoto establishes agency for malaria control"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an effort to bolster the fight against malaria, Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has approved the establishment of a dedicated agency for the control of the dreaded tropical disease.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To be known as the Sokoto Agency for Malaria Control, the new body will take off in January 2017 and will be the focal point of implementing all policies related to malaria prevention and treatment in the state.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With this approval, Sokoto becomes the first state in Nigeria to create such an agency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A statement issued in Sokoto Sunday by Tambuwal&#8217;s spokesman, Malam Imam Imam, said the new agency will provide administrative, secretarial, communications, and logistical support in push to contain malaria and related diseases.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It added that the agency will also fulfil roles supporting working and technical groups set up by both the state and federal governments, as well as development partners and other stakeholders.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other responsibilities include offering and providing technical support to other health agencies and partners to improve the health of the people through prevention and control.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Similarly, the agency will support policy makers in designing and implementing evidence-based interventions, assessing the burden of the disease and monitoring progress towards reducing mortality, by integrating these activities with management and dissemination of technical knowledge through strengthening of disease surveillance and response systems and public health programmes and services.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Sokoto State Government has commended the Nigeria Army for banning the sale of illicit drugs and its decision to seal shops selling same at the Giginya Barracks in the state capital.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government said years of subtle diplomacy over the issue has paid dividends when the army authorities saw reason in banning the illicit trade.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to bolster the fight against malaria, Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has approved the establishment of a dedicated agency for the control of the dreaded tropical disease.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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