Bauchi, others upscale campaign against air, waterborne diseases

Health authorities in Bauchi, Gombe and Jigawa states have stepped up campaigns to put a final onslaught on dreaded airborne and waterborne diseases as the rainy season draws to an end.

Officials of the health agencies and other stakeholders in the states said they had initiated viable programmes to enhance awareness creation activities on the diseases, improve hygiene and sanitation, as well as healthcare service delivery, at the grassroots.

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They spoke in interviews in Bauchi, Dutse and Gombe while responding to a survey on air and waterborne diseases. According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), airborne diseases can spread through a direct or an indirect form of transmission, depending on the germ involved. (NAN)