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September 19, 2023 SPECIAL REPORT: Empathy for Autism
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SPECIAL REPORT: Empathy for Autism

In this Special Report, Empathy for Autism, our senior Health Correspondent IMA DEM speaks with a Father of a 5 Year old boy living with Autism in Akwa Ibom and had been in search of help for his son.

Mr ISREAL DAVIDSTONE is excited to have found a centre that caters to children with special needs in the suburb of Shelter Afrique in the city of Uyo of Akwa Ibom; Nigeria’s South South State.

Finding a place that offers Therapy for children living on the Autism spectrum in Akwa Ibom was a tall order almost a decade back. Now, the narative is changing as centres are springing up.

Ima Dem takes us through the route to finding help in Akwa Ibom , with Special needs Specialists and Professional Therapists speaking to the concerns on Autism Care in Nigeria. The advocacy is loud on embracing ‘Emphaty for Autism’ for better integration of individuals an d families affected by the neurological condition.

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August 30, 2023 Akwa Ibom to Begin HPV Vaccination for Cervical Cancer prevention.
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Akwa Ibom to Begin HPV Vaccination for Cervical Cancer prevention.

The first phase of vaccination for Human Papilloma Virus will begin on September 25, 2023 and will be followed with subsequent vaccination in 2025.

This was disclosed at the stakeholders meeting conducted by Akwa Ibom State Primary Health Care Development Agency with support from Happi Comsortium.

The meeting was convened to sensitize stakeholders on the Introduction of HPV vaccines in Nigeria.

Speaking on this, the Director, Health Education and Promotion, Mrs MAGARET ETIM noted that Akwa Ibom State has been selected among the sixteen states across the country for the first batch of the vaccine campaign.

The targeted population for the vaccine is the female children, from Nine to Fourteen years, due to their peculiarities vulnerability.

July 27, 2023 Governor Umo Eno Creates Water Resources and Sanitation Ministry
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Governor Umo Eno Creates Water Resources and Sanitation Ministry

Akwa Ibom state governor, Pastor Umo Eno says his government is set to establish a new Ministry for Water Resources and Sanitation.

Governor Eno made the announcement on Wednesday while addressing participants at Day 3 of the Akwa Ibom Dialogue for interpretation and implementation of the A.R.I.S.E. Agenda blueprint.

The Governor who decried the state exclusion in water related benefits from the central government and donor agencies, noted that the creation of a designated Ministry for Water Resources, will fully integrate the state in the United Nations Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, WASH, programme and reposition the state to implement the existing Water Law as well as tackle other water and sanitation related issues.

The creation of the Ministry for Water Resources is a timely response answer to the advocacy of a cluster of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Akwa Ibom Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Policy Cluster.

The Ibom WASH Policy Cluster have been in the fore front of pushing for the reformation of the WASH sector of the state.

It is believed that with the creation of the new ministry, important documents that are awaiting the approval of the State Executive Council, such as the WASH policy, WASH M&E framework and the WASH project roadmap, will be approved, with expectations that the state government will domesticate the Executive Order 009 by the former President Muhammadu Buhari mandating all sectors in the country to be open defecation free by 2025.

July 26, 2023 Doctors Embark on Indefinite Strike
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Doctors Embark on Indefinite Strike

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), has declared a total and indefinite strike action over the failure of the government to meet the demands of its members.

NARD president, Dr Emeka Orji who disclosed this yesterday noted that the strike would commence on Wednesday Morning, July 26, 2023.

He said the decision was reached at the meeting held by the NARD NEC members on Tuesday in Lagos.

The NARD President said that major demands of the Association include immediate payment of the 2023 MRTF, immediate release of the circular on one-for-one replacement, payment of skipping arrears and upward review of CONMESS in line with full salary restoration to the 2014 value of CONMESS.

He stated that other demands are payment of the arrears of consequential adjustment of minimum to the omitted doctors, reversal of the downgrading of the membership certificate by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria ( MDCN), payment of MRTF, new hazard allowance, skipping and implementation of corrected CONMESS in State Tertiary Health Institutions and payment of omitted hazard allowance arrears.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, had on Monday, during a meeting with the leadership of the association appealed to the association for two weeks so as to meet with President Bola Tinubu on their demands.

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