Kano reports over 17,000 childhood pneumonia cases

Kano State has recorded much than 17,000 cases of pneumonia among children, raising concerns astir the increasing interaction of the illness connected kid wellness crossed the state.

The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, disclosed this connected Thursday during events marking World Pneumonia Day and World Diabetes Day successful Kano.

The disclosure was contained successful a connection signed by the Ministry of Health’s Public Relations Officer, Nabilusi Abubakar K/Na’isa, and made disposable to journalists.

Dr Yusuf said, "More than 300,000 children had been affected by pneumonia crossed Nigeria this year, informing that the illness could go life-threatening, particularly among young children."

He identified malnutrition arsenic 1 of the large factors that exposure children to pneumonia and tin marque the corruption much severe.

The commissioner said," The Kano State Government had trained healthcare workers successful specialised methods of managing puerility illnesses arsenic portion of efforts to amended attraction and trim deaths caused by pneumonia."

On diabetes care, helium said the authorities had stepped up efforts to amended services done the proviso of aesculapian instrumentality and different interventions.

According to him, much than 1,000 wellness facilities crossed the...