Bayelsa to prioritise health sector investment
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By Samuel Oyadongha, Bayelsa
Bayelsa State government has said it would give priority to the health sector as part of the initiative to improve the overall well-being of citizens of the state.
Governor Douye Diri stated this on Monday in Yenagoa at the opening of a three-day maiden Bayelsa Health Summit with the theme: “Achieving Improved Health System Performance Through Strategic Planning and Stakeholder Engagement.”
The well-attended event had in attendance former President Goodluck Jonathan, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, President, Commonwealth Medical Association, Dr Osahon Enabulele among other stakeholders.
Diri in a statement said his administration was embarking on critical and sustainable measures toward addressing the challenges of the primary to tertiary health institutions in the state.
Health authorities in South Sudan have reported that 60,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, donated by the African Union, expired before they were used.
The country last month postponed the start of the vaccination campaign, citing logistical challenges.
Vaccinations are currently being done using another batch of 132,000 doses. received in March through the vaccine sharing Covax initiative.
Dr Richard Laku, the government s Incident Manager, said even if the country had started vaccinations using the 60,000 doses, they wouldn t have finished them before the expiry date.
About 2,000 health workers and the elderly in the capital Juba have received their first jab since the rollout started two weeks ago.
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Published April 14, 2021, 8:29 PM
Much work remains to be done in the pandemic response, Malacañang declared Wednesday after the country’s cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) surged nearly 900,000.
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque highlighted the government’s efforts on testing, tracing, isolation, treatment, and vaccination but asked the public to do its part to overcome the pandemic.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. (YANCY LIM/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
“Much more can be done, thus, we call on all sectors to unite and help the government in putting an end to this dreadful pandemic,” he said in a statement Wednesday, April 14.
"Palace spokesperson Harry Roque’s statement today on the government’s pandemic response is just too detached from reality," Bayan secretary general said in a press statement. "It’s like saying our hospitals are doing fine because you went straight to the hospital room without passing through the emergency room and corridors where lines are long and patients are miserable," Reyes added.