Nothing is as disturbing as when one's little child wakes up from bed one morning and says 'Mummy, I can't hear you. I can't hear my sisters too. It seems my ears are no longer working.' The palpable fear. Then begins the running from pillar to post.
Children at Garin-Gambo village, Gumel LGANothing is as devastating as when one’s little child wakes up from bed one morning and says: “Mummy, I can’t hear you. I can’t hear my sisters too. It seems my ears are no longer working.” The palpable fear. Then begins the running from pillar to post.
Hafsatu said the doctors issued some prescriptions and she was asked to return to the hospital after a few weeks. But due to financial challenges, she could not afford the medicines and did not bother to return to the teaching hospital. Although Farida can still speak clearly in her native Hausa language, she now lives with permanent deafness and can no longer cope in the classroom.“She’s in Primary 3 and still going to school, but she can’t hear anything the teacher says.
Ishake Mukhtar, Umma’s father, said she started having a headache; then it graduated to fever and later weakness of the body. He quickly rushed her to a hospital, yet her condition did not improve. She became deaf and irrational. Abubakar, who was the captain of his class, started exhibiting the symptom of the disease on a Friday evening and he was immediately rushed to the hospital eight kilometres away. On Sunday morning, he was declared dead. Usaini betrayed emotions, leaned on the floor and cried.“He gave up in my presence. He was a very good boy. He told me to ask his friends for forgiveness and sell my motorcycle to offset the debt he owed them,” Usaini lamented.
According to Abdulsalami Nasidi, a professor and pioneer chief executive officer of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control , CSM can be prevented through vaccines and health education. On how the state was able to achieve much success with COVID-19 vaccination, Mahmood said the health ministry received adequate financial support from the state government and vaccines were readily available. He added that the establishment of a molecular laboratory in the state in 2020 was a big plus.
“The traditional rulers also showed commitment. They got vaccinated. The governor asked the LGA chairmen to supervise vaccination and also instructed the head of the civil service to issue an immunisation mandate for all civil servants to be vaccinated. We went across the state to sensitive people. We did jingles on the radio; the radio programme made room for vaccinated people to come and tell their stories.
For Mahmood, one of the most challenging aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic was the handling of the Almajiris who were returned to Jigawa from other states. “In Education, 44% of children that are supposed to be in primary school are still out of school in Jigawa.”
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