By John Wada, Keffi

Arrangements are on top gear by the public health department of FAMSAS College of Health Science and Technology Keffi, Nasarawa state to host it’s second annual public health week by next week pricisely on Wednesday, 19th March, 2025 with the theme: “Emerging deseases of public health concern” at the college’s premises.

Speaking with our correspondent in his office on the significant of the upcoming health event, the head of the department of public health of the college, comrade Adakiri Orashi Muhammad-Halim explained that the event which is organized annually by the department is aimed at creating awareness to the college academic students as well as the general public on the preventives measures regarding their health status as the adage that says , prevention is better than cure,. He said ” The important of the event is to amplify our academic students here and the outside world.

I believe most people don’t know what is public health and it’s role in the society.

So it is an avenue to create that awareness to them so that the can priorities more on preventives measures than curreacy and make sure they provide solutions to their health issues and that is why we have lineup of activities that will showcase the difference between who is a public health worker and the general public just as the popular adage that says ‘prevention is cheaper than cure”.He said.

Speaking further on the lineup of activities to mark the day, the H.O.D of department, comrade Adakiri Orashi Muhammad-Hakim explained that there would be lectures presentation by some health professionals like professor Amoga Gidion who will be talking on enhancing public health through effective desease suverlant system and professor Akyala Ishaku, a director with Nasarawa state University Keffi who will present his own lecture on the topic ‘strentening public health system for effective deseases outbreak, strategies, challenges and innoventions.

According to him there would be a debate presentation also expecially between Pharmacy students and public health students of FAMSAS and thereafter with their counterparts from the state college of health science and technology there in Keffi amongst others; all targeted at creating awareness on health related issues to the outside world.

He then used the medium and called on the students and the general public to come out in their numbers either to participate or listen carefully to the events that would be unfold to be health educated generally at the end.