The surveillance officers indicated that they have not received incentive for December 2018, as well as the months of February and March 2019. In July 2018, surveillance officers and the NPHIL signed an agreement to settle to waive 13 months arrears owed the health workers. The District Surveillance Officers (DSO); Zonal Surveillance Officers (ZSO) have therefore vowed to hold all reports and/or seize all surveillance activities in the 15 counties until their arrears are fully settled by NPHIL. The surveillance officers are therefore calling on the Legislature, stakeholders and other Health partners to speedily intervene and resolve the situation as the country risks being vulnerable to epidemic-prone disease in the absence of active disease surveillance. In response to the surveillance officers plights, Deputy Director General for Operations at NPHIL, Dr. Fallah confirmed that NPHIL still owes the surveillance officers some money.

Source: Front Page Africa April 24, 2019 04:07 UTC