Delta LGC commences tetanus vaccination

Tetanus vaccination

The Warri South Local Government Council has commenced the Maternal Neonatal Tetanus Vaccination in the area with a view to eliminating the scourge.

The five-day programme was flagged off on Thursday by Mrs Juliet Tidi, wife of the Council Chairman, Mr Michael Tidi.

The inoculation is for female between the age bracket of 15 and 49 and was flagged off at the council’s Secretariat.

Tidi urged pregnant women to patronise qualified healthcare workers for proper health monitoring and safe delivery.

She explained that tetanus occurred as a result of an unhygienic method of delivery and umbilical cord care.

“Pregnant women should as soon as they are pregnant go to the nearest health facility in the Local Government Area for proper health monitoring and safe delivery by trained health workers.

“Immunisation is key to the prevention of the disease, therefore every girl and woman of childbearing age must ensure they complete the five doses of Tetanus Diphtheria vaccine at appropriate interval,” Tidi said.

She urged the girls and women to avail themselves of the opportunity and get vaccinated, noting that the exercise will go a long way to improving their health status.

Mrs Beatrice Onwo, the Health Educator, Warri South Local Government Council, said the exercise would be conducted at fix and temporary fix posts across the area.

She said the temporary fixed post included schools, churches, mosques and markets, while the fixed posts were all the health facilities in the area.

“Before now, mothers use cotton wool and other things for their baby cord; there is now a new gel. There will be no maternal neonatal death again with this introduction,” she said.

Mrs Abigail Edokpaiye, mother of three and a beneficiary, thanked the government for the gesture, noting that it will help in eliminating the scourge.

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