White Nile Governor Addresses Launch of Workshop on Basics of Epidemiology, Surveillance and Field Visits for Public Health Empowerment and Immunization Program for Central Sector States , which the State welcomes.
Professor Omar Al-Khalifa Abdullah, Governor of White Nile State, praised the important role played by the Ministry of Health and its various administrations with health sector partners in health matters, especially dialysis and oncology centers and expanded vaccination management. my speech today in the hall of the Expanded Vaccination Administration in Kosti, the launch of the work of the first workshop entitled “Basics of epidemiology, surveillance and field visits for the empowerment program of public health and vaccination, which was organized by the Federal Ministry of Health in cooperation with the Middle East Community Health Network EMPHANT.
It was in the presence of Dr. Al-Zein Saad Adam, Minister in charge of the State Ministry of Health and Social Development, Dr. Babakir Ahmed Al-Maqbool, expert epidemiologist, representative of the Federal Ministry of Health. , Dr Al-Fatih Malik, National Coordinator of the Middle East Network, Dr Abdel Samie Musa, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, Mr Imad Qadim, Director of Social Development Sector, and Dr Reem Hussein, Director of Welfare Department of Basic Health from the state Department of Health.
The governor highlighted the great efforts made by the state in food, housing, health and social welfare, in light of the influx of large numbers of immigrants from war-affected states , which imposed a burden on the state in managing state affairs. The health services, especially the health and treatment services, including the management of the vaccination program, expressed their thanks for all the initiatives. The health personnel who came to the state formed a strong corps who extended support to the health sector and were the best help in providing scarce specialties. and create a therapeutic environment. The Caliph emphasized the importance of this. The workshop aims to improve the work of vaccination workers in the central states, marking the start of initiatives to support the health sector in the states of Sennar and Al-Jazeera, which are currently in dire need of the work of vaccination workers to cover The current need to vaccinate children and mothers in these war-affected areas revealed the readiness of the state to organize a health convoy led by the Minister of Health for the state of 'Al-Jazeera, the initiative of doctors and pharmacists. the State, in the coming days
Furthermore, Dr. Al-Zein Saad Adam, Minister of Health and Social Development in charge of White Nile State, said that the workshop represents the cornerstone of basic health care programs, especially the Expanded Program on Immunization, and that it is a practical workshop that has proven its quality in service delivery under public health, expressing thanks to the state government led by Prof. Omar Al-Khalifa Abdullah Wali for the support and support of the State for the health sector, which constituted a real motivation to redouble our efforts. provide more health services and treatment to citizens of the state and expatriates, by revising the plan. His ministry is responsible for providing basic health care services, which require strong support from the Federal Ministry of Health to supplement health services in rare medical specialties and localize them within the state.
For his part, Dr. Babakir Ahmed Al-Maqbool, representative of the Federal Ministry of Health, praised the role played by White Nile State in providing health services to expatriates before and during the war period. storage and distribution center of medicine stocks for the western states of Sudan, indicating that the workshop complements the idea of field survey and monitoring in the country, which has started effectively in most of the States across the country and continues today targeting health care workers. the central states, and this comes at a very opportune time to address the health situation in these regions after the end of the war. Highlighting the support of the Ministry of Health to all the requirements of the health sector and implementing the results of this workshop in its different stages
Meanwhile, Dr. Mawahib Al-Muddathir, representative of the Middle East Community Health Network, EMPHNET, explained that the network was established to sponsor epidemiological field work and specialized in epidemiological field investigation , which actually began in Sudan last year. two thousand and seventeen, emphasizing that the network program was implemented in the northern and eastern states and today it launches its activities in the middle states for a period of three months, including training workshops on the basics of epidemiology, surveillance, field visits and field work to investigate disease cases. Childhood, which led to the adoption of realistic health projects in a number of localities, indicating that this program aims to empower public health workers so that they are able to discover all health obstacles, respond to them and process them in the required manner. .
In the same context, Professor Almaz Mahmoud Almaz, Director of the White Nile Expanded Immunization Department, commended the state government for its strong stance towards the program during the war period and for contributing to the delivery of vaccines to the state and neighboring states. He said this workshop equips vaccination workers from targeted states with the skills and knowledge needed to deal with outbreaks at this time, particularly the importance of surveillance, surveys and field work for the vaccination, emphasizing that this is a future project. improve basic health services and expand immunization programs in the country.