Enugu state has begun the training of at least 88 healthcare providers from the 17 local government areas of state.
The state government-sponsored training, which borders on the decontamination and handling of infectious diseases took off on Friday with the Commissioner for Health, Dr Ikechukwu Obi, declaring the one-day workshop open in Enugu.
Obi urged the participants to ensure that their families and communities benefitted from the training, pointing to the fact that health issues require team work and inclusiveness to achieve the purpose of health education and awareness.
He charged the citizenry to take environmental and personal hygiene seriously to reduce the spread of infectious diseases and to continue to comply with laid down preventive guidelines for COVID-19 in order to check the spread of the pandemic calling for the individual and collective eradication and control of disease vectors, such as rodents and mosquitoes within communities.
Earlier, Dr Eddy Ndibuagu, the Focal Person of Enugu State Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), said the programme was the second batch of training for health workers dealing with infectious diseases in the state.
Ndibuagu said that five participants were drawn from each of the LGAs with a provision of three hygienists, one mortician and one ambulance driver.
According to him, the participants were selected by the state Primary HealthCare Development Agency after they found them to be dedicated in the discharge of their duties.
They are to work as a team of five in each council area to see to the constant disinfection of the environment, such as markets and other public places where COVID-19 or other infections were reported.
They will also ensure proper handling of patients diagnosed with infectious diseases and ensuring proper burials for infectious corpses.
The training is coming as the state continues investigation into reported cases of a mysterious death said to have killed at least 40 in the state.
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