Plans are on for the first ever Health Summit coming up soon in Anambra state.
The Commissioner for Health Dr Afam Obidike announced this when he received executive members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists Anambra state council who called on him in his office, at the Jerome Udorji state Secretariat, Awka.
The visit and reports that Dr Obidike explained that Anambra state wants to achieve a state that would be liveable for all which he said cannot work in a society with unhealthy individuals, hence the need for the summit which he announced will hold in September.
He expressed happiness that the two patients of monkey pox cases recorded in the state recently have recovered and discharged , calling on anyone having symptoms of the disease to rush to the nearest hospital as the state has all it takes to contain the disease and its spread.
According to him, Governor Soludo wants all the over three hundred health centers in the state to be up and running even as he said that government is using technology to improve the health sector.
He explained that journalists have a critical role to play in promoting healthy Anambra state noting that it is through the media that the people would be kept abreast of government policies in health sector.
Dr Obidike appreciated the Dr Odogwu Emeka Odogwu executive for deeming it necessary to work with his ministry and for projecting the present administration in a good light.
Speaking Earlier, the chairman of NUJ in Anambra state, Dr Odogwu who said they came to familiarize with him and extend hands of fellowship to his administration in a quest to build a better Anambra state through positive reportage of government activities, programmes and policies, commended state government for establishing endoscope machine in Onitsha which is the first of its kind and enumerated its benefits.
Dr Odogwu said they also came to intimate him about NUJ health summit coming up soon and to seek his support and presence at the event as part of Governor Soludo’s plans of having a healthy Anambra state, adding that journalists need to stay healthy to be able to inform the public.
The NUJ 2022 Health Week Committee Chairman Comrade Chinyere Fessy-Okoye, who explained preparations of the council towards the health week and what would be achieved at the end of the day, appealed to the Commissioner to provide the council with necessary personnel and equipment for the success of the event.
Other members of the exco and members of the Health Week Committee as well as reporters from various electronic and print media were part of the visit.
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