In a bid to further improve the immunization exercise, the Director General of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) Mrs Abasioffiong Offiong, says the Agency has taken delivery of vaccines two times In One Month.
DG Offiong disclosed this when the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) with the World Health Organization (WHO) donated 5000 Copies of Vaccines Monitoring Charts, 250 Temperature Monitoring Charts, and 2000 Copies of REW Micro Planning Templates to the Agency in Calabar.
She also took delivery of over 100,000 doses of the Covid-19 Vaccines,15,000 doses of ROTA Vaccines and 19,200 doses of Tetanus Toxoid as well as all AEFI Monitoring and Reporting Forms.
While commending the NPHCDA and WHO for their gesture Mrs Offiong promised that these vaccines will immediately be distributed across the 18LGAs of the state.
“From the very first day of my appointment as DG CRSPHCDA, the synergy between the agency and the NPHCDA, WHO, as well as other partners is commendable, within a month we’ve received vaccines twice and more are coming.
“These vaccines will immediately be distributed across the 18LGAs of the state, so that they can serve the purpose for which they were donated. She announced.
Donating the items on behalf of the WHO, the State Coordinator, Mr. Santus Agba said he is very happy with the efforts of the state government and the activities of the health agencies.
He explained that the commendation was in fulfilling all necessary requirements in terms of proper storage and distribution of the vaccines with the assurance of ensuring a timely supply of vaccines when the needs arises.