Cross River Raises Alarm Over Increase In Tetanus Related Deaths

The Cross-river state government has raised an alarm over an increase in sicknesses caused by unskilled traditional birth attendants and tetanus-related deaths in the state.

Cross River Raises Alarm Over Increase In Tetanus Related Deaths
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang Asibong made this known during the second phase of the vaccination sensitization against tetanus at the primary health center, Akamkpa.

She said out of the over seventy-five percent of women that patronize health centers in the state, sixty percent of them do not use the facility to deliver their babies where skilled health workers will attend to them.


Asibong urged the traditional rulers and faith-based organizations to support the government in its advocacy drive.

On her part, the director general of cross river state primary health care development agency, Dr. Betta Edu said with the sensitization and other measures put in place, cross river's tetanus-related deaths will reduce in no distant time.

Five hundred and forty-five thousand women, between ages 15 and 49 are to be given the anti-tetanus vaccine across the eighteen local government areas of cross river state.