The National Center for Disease Control has removed Zamfara from its list of states prone to Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) outbreak, says the state Commissioner of Health, Alhaji Lawali Liman.
Liman made the disclosure on Tuesday while briefing a team of journalists on National Democracy Dividend Media Tour organized by the National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He explained that the removal of the state was a result of its sustained surveillance and case management of the disease.
“Out of the 147 wards, we only have challenges in seven wards at a time when some states of the federation are facing threats in all their wards,” he said.
The commissioner said that the state government recently renovated and equipped Primary Healthcare Center in each of the 147 wards to bring health care services closer to rural dwellers.
“Apart from the…
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