On a Thursday morning in July, the cries of infants rent the air at Ugbogbo Primary Health Centre in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State. As needles pierced their skins to deliver a dose of a vaccine, children yelled uncontrollably as their mothers struggled to appease them with breast milk.
It was an immunisation day at the facility. As women poured in with their children for vaccination, they also had the chance to be educated on health issues relating to their newborns as well as their personal and environmental hygiene.
The health educators told PREMIUM TIMES that attitude change is key to dealing with outbreaks of diseases. Lassa Fever is one of the infectious diseases plaguing the area, so their message on healthy living is also aimed at checking the spread of the fever in the state.
