NAF
NAF Creates Awareness
NAF
NAF Creates Awareness on Yellow Fever
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has stepped up its campaign on
Yellow Fever awareness by holding a sensitisation lecture on the
ailment at the 211 Quick Response Group (QRG) in Owerri, Imo
State.
The awareness lecture which was held yesterday, 14 November
2019, is in furtherance of the quest by current leadership of the
NAF, headed by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal
Sadique Abubakar, to ensure that the healthcare needs of personnel
of the Service and its host communities are well catered for.
The event, which took place within the premises of the NAF
Hospital in Owerri, witnessed a large turnout of community heads
and members of not less than 4 communities sorrounding the Unit,
namely Umuotuke Umowa, Nekede, Agbala and Naze.
The lecture majorly addressed the causes and mode of
transmission of the disease as well as the risk factors, clinical
presentations, management and prevention.
While making his remarks during the event, the Commander 211
QRG, Group Captain Elisha Bindul, stated that due to the increasing
spread of the disease in other parts of the Country, it became
necessary to enlighten personnel and their families as well as host
communities on necessary preventive measures, which include
vaccination as well as maintenance of high levels of hygiene and
elimination of conditions amenable to the breeding of mosquitoes.
He noted that the awareness programme, which also featured the
distribution of insecticide treated mosquito nets to over 300
participants, would facilitate the design of appropriate control
strategies.
IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force