“Your team had a wonderful outing today in Yola,” said Dr. Sani Gwarzo, consultant to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. Speakers discussed childhood health, the importance of mosquito nets and the role of vaccinations in curbing polio.
At the event, organized by VOA’s Hausa Service, participants received literature on health and were eligible for prizes such as radios and mosquito nets which help eliminate malaria.
Dr. Halima Nayako, a medical doctor whose husband is the Governor of Adamawa State in northeastern Nigeria, represented her state at the event. Also attending were Senator Iyabo B. Obasanjo, Chairman of the Nigerian Senate Committee on Health; Dr. Dauda Madug, Regional Manager, North East World Health Organization; and Joseph Monehin, Program Manager Maternal and Child Health, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Nigeria.
VOA’s Hausa Service reaches approximately 21 million people in Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Chad, and Cameroon through its 13 hours of radio broadcasts each week.
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