The Kano State Government, through the Kano State Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday carried out a public health awareness campaign and distributed free medications to residents of Durmawa in Bebeji LGA.
The outreach exercise which took place in the Durmawa community, Tiga, followed reports of suspected cases of whooping cough.
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This is contained in a statement by the Director General of KNCDC, Prof. Muhammad Adamu Abbas, a copy of which was made available to The Punch on Friday.
Speaking during the visit, the Director-General of KNCDC, Prof. Muhammad Adamu Abbas, stated that the team was in the community following reports of suspected cases of an infectious disease believed to be whooping cough.
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He urged residents of the area to promptly visit health facilities whenever they observe any symptoms of illness in their children.
“I want to use this opportunity to emphasize the importance of visiting health facilities whenever any symptoms of illness are observed in your children,” he said.
He further charged residents of the area to make the best use of the free medications distributed to them in order to achieve the desired objective.
Prof. Abbas further assured that KNCDC remains fully prepared to continue responding swiftly to any suspected outbreak of disease wherever it may occur in the state.
