EHORECON to reposition environmental health officers

Mr. Augustine Ebisike, the Registrar of (EHORECON) said that environmental health is the fulcrum of public health and that despite the huge resources being expended by governments, there is no improvement in environmental health.According to Ebisike, a good example is the information by UNICEF that every N100 expended on sanitation will yield N700 profit. There […]

Mr. Augustine Ebisike, the Registrar of (EHORECON) said that environmental health is the fulcrum of public health and that despite the huge resources being expended by governments, there is no improvement in environmental health.
According to Ebisike, a good example is the information by UNICEF that every N100 expended on sanitation will yield N700 profit. There is no other intervention in any other aspect of health that yields up to 50% of such returns.
He said improved sanitation will help to eradicate diseases such as malaria and serve as better intervention than continuous waste of funds in “Roll Back Malaria” programme. He added that laying more emphasis on Roll Back Malaria in a dirty environment will only make pharmaceutical companies very rich while the people are impoverished.  
Ebisike added that the control of this disease is more of an environmental problem rather than medical problem. He stressed on the way states and local government laid embargo on the employment of Environmental Health Officers who are empowered by the law to enforce sanitation standards.
The registrar also demands the dismantling of the sanitation task forces who he claimed are quacks and intimidates and extort Nigerians. He however assured the participants that the council has taken steps to ensure that those not registered will not be allowed to participate.