The country representative of World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Wondimagegnehu Alemu, has commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for nurturing the sustained health programmes that have made Enugu State Polio-free. WHO The country representative who was represented by the state coordinator, Mrs. Angela Izuegbune, said: “WHO has to express its appreciation to the present administration in Enugu State under Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for providing us with the conducive environment to operate in the state.
“When the administration came on board, Enugu State was 65 percent in immunization, but now Enugu State is 89 percent in immunization rate. In 2016, the immunization survey conducted in the country placed Enugu State on third position and first in South-East.
We hope that with the rate the governor and his wife are going, before they leave office in 2023, Enugu State will achieve the required 95 percent on the immunization target.”
He also eulogised Mrs. Ugwuanyi for her pet project Ugo Touch for Life (U-TOLF) which he noted has positively affected the lives of society’s vulnerable people.
“We have to commend Mrs. Monica Ugwuanyi for her selflessness to humanity, especially women and the vulnerable. She has empowered many people through scholarship, skill acquisition, free health care services, health enlightenment programmes like hand-washing campaign, dietary lectures, among others,” she noted.
He urged women to avail themselves of the opportunity provided by the Enugu State governor by giving their children adequate immunization. In her speech, Mrs. Ugwuanyi allayed fears that the monkey pox virus could be contracted through immunization.
Source: MWN
