WHO commences training for journalists, social media influencers in Yobe
By Jennifer S. Kuwanta
The World Health Organization (WHO), working with the Yobe State Ministry of Health, has started training journalists and social media influencers on how to improve their behaviour when it comes to their health.
The three-day programme aimed to develop their skills beyond merely providing useful reporting on the results of health behaviour.
Declaring the training session open, yesterday (Wednesday), in Damaturu, the Executive Secretary, of Yobe State Primary Health Care Management Board (YPHCMB), Dr Babagana Kundi Machina, disclosed: “The media is a major partner in the healthcare delivery services in the state.”
He continued by saying that it is crucial for communities to spread information about various diseases.
Kingsley Igwebuike, a WHO representative, added that one of the training’s goals was to make life-saving information more prevalent in the media and on social media platforms.
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“They will enable the at-risk population to take informed decisions on protecting themselves against disease infections,” he said.
WHO’s Chima Ocheniba spoke to the 55 attendees about the role of social media and its appropriate and inappropriate uses of it.
He claimed that this is what the audience and readers were interested in learning about community disease outbreak prevention.
