The drop in the number of typhoid cases in the province of Bua has been attributed to the general cleanliness of the villages.
Speaking to villagers in Daria, Yadua and Kiobo village, Minister for Health and Medical Services Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete commended them for their adherence to the advice of their Community Health Workers, Nurses and the Roko Tui’s office who have been instrumental in facilitating advisories from the Ministry of Health and Medical Services.
When the Ministry of Health was strained by COVID and the appearance of Leptospirosis, Typhoid, Dengue and Diarrhoea, Minister Waqainabete said the best defence the people could adopt was cleanliness. He saw this in the villages that he visited in the province of Bua.
“This is generally the case in all the medical zones in Fiji that have recorded drops in typhoid cases and is complemented with the programme being carried out by the Ministry in collaboration with the Roko Tui’s office which is the introduction of ‘Field Latrines’ that are safer and cleaner,” said Dr Waqainabete.
To date, the Ministry has installed 835 field latrines across the country and more are expected in the coming months.
The Minister added that services at the Namalata Nursing Station will from next month start to provide dental services as part of the Ministry’s effort to improve service delivery.
“We will have the dental team in Nabouwalu to visit twice a month and on top of that we will increase our service capabilities in the hospitals in the Northern Division namely Nabouwalu, Savusavu, Seaqaqa and Taveuni to meet the demand for medical services.”
Dr Waqainabete also commended the province for its vaccination rate and articulated the impact vaccination has had on the economic recovery of the country.
The Minister also assured the people of Tikina Wainunu that a vehicle will be provided for the Wainunu Health Centre to improve mobility of the doctors and nurses in the communal visits.