FG Inaugurates 82 Core Emergency Responders
Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, has inaugurated the first batch of core responders to respond to emergencies within 24 to 48 hours of its occurrence.
Mr Ehanire at the graduation ceremony of the 82 core responders in Abuja on Friday, said at least 100 emergencies occur across Africa per week, causing damage to health and economy.
The core responders were trained under the theme “Capacity Building, Learning and Training to On-Board the AVoHC Strengthening and Utilising Response Groups for Emergencies (SURGE) Team”.
According to the minister, there are public health emergencies that are already running quietly in the country.
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“So our responsibility and our mandate goes beyond public health emergencies, which we are fully in support of, but there are others.
“We are losing up to 50,000 women every year in childbirth and that is a huge emergency. We are losing over 900,000 children every year.
“According to reports, we have 6,000 people killed in road traffic accidents every year and 17,000 from accidents who are maimed, permanently disabled every year. All of these are serious emergencies.”
He, however, said that the SURGE initiative promotes availability of equipment, well equipped teams with everything streamlined to respond to emergencies within the specified time frame.
