Yobe journalists adopt measures for aggressive health promotion, to embark on state wide measles campaign

Mohamed Babeh, Chairman SOMTEC, Moh'd Kado and Bulama from YPHMB

As part of their resolve to make health reportage in Yobe State more vibrant, some group of   journalists in the State have agreed to lunch an aggressive campaign in the promotion of health activities organized within the state .

The group which has special interest in reporting health issues has equally resolved to scale up reportage concerning health  matters in the state so as to create demand and generate interest among stakeholders especially in the area of primary healthcare delivery in the state.

The journalists which were hitherto operating under a nucleus name in the area of Polio (Journalist Against Polio) (JAP) as part of their resolutions also  agreed to widen the scope of their activities with a particular focus on Primary Healthcare Delivery in the state.

Consequently, the name of the group was amended from ‘Journalists Against Polio’(JAP) to ‘Yobe Journalists for Health Promotion’(YJ4HP).

The meeting which was chaired by the Director of Information in the Ministry of Information, Home Affairs and Culture, Mohammed Babeh also had in attendance  officials of the Yobe State Primary Health Care Management Board

The journalists resolved to fully participate in the forth-coming state-wide measles campaign.

According to the State Hygiene Promotion Manager, Mohammed Kado Abubakar, the campaign will begin in Yobe from 16^th November, 2019 to 21^st November, 2019.

While describing the media as a critical partner, Mr. Kado however observed that statistics of media engagement in their activities was discovered to be very low hence the need for the meeting to iron out the issues.

He noted that the meeting was intended to identify positive ways of engaging the media so as to achieve set goals and objectives for the campaign, stressing that “the media plays a crucial role in the dissemination of information far and wide”.

The group also resolved to work closely with the State Primary Healthcare Management Board to give adequate publicity for health activities and programs in the state.

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