Enugu State’s Chief Disease Surveillance Officer, Dr Okechukwu Ossai, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu, on Tuesday, that the state had scaled up surveillance and public outreach against Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis (CSM).
He said the state Ministry of Health had adopted proactive measures through increased surveillance and widespread public outreach on CSM.
“We have placed our diseases surveillance officers and offices in the 17 local government areas in the state on red alert.
“We have sensitised the surveillance officers on signs and symptoms of this deadly disease as well as mobilise them to visit border communities within their areas of operations each day.
“They would also routinely visit hospitals, community and government institutions within their localities to carry out checks,” he said.
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