Anambra State Government has commissioned a tuberculosis situation room built by the United States Agency for International Development, (USAID’s) Tuberculosis Data Impact Assessment and Communication Hub (DIAH).
State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike while commissioning the TB situation room commended USAID’s, other partners for their commitment in partnering with the state.
Dr. Obidike said that the State has done well in TB management and surveillance, and thanked Gov. Charles Soludo for his support in the healthcare sector of the state.
He noted that Anambra Tuberculosis Centre won four different awards last year, making it clear that Gov. Soludo’s administration works with data.
According to him the situation room will help to enhance the work of TB managers in the State, and assured that the facility will be adequately maintained.
The Permanent Secretary, Anambra State Ministry of Health, Mrs. Carol Njaka, noted that the situation room will help the state to scale up monitoring and detection of the disease, as well as compete favourably in TB management in Nigeria and thanked the USAID for the support.
In a remark, the Anambra state TB Project Manager, Dr. Ugochukwu Chukwulobelu who gave an overview of the situation room, explained that TB still remains a persistent global health challenge in low and middle class income countries.
Dr. Chukwulobelu explained that the facility will provide them access to data from different places at once, as well as use it to achieve national strategic planning.
Goodwill messages were given by the World Health Organization, USAID, Anambra State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital.
Credit: Chukwudi Nwauba
