CHEWs are Not Quacks Olu Ajayi Warns Nurses, JOHESU

The attention of federal,state,local govts,non goverment organisations and other stakeholders on health in Nigeria and Lagos in particular should be drawn to recent communique issued by LAGOS STATE JOHESU on d recent placement of community health practitioners in some health facilities in d state as way of replacing PROFFESIONALS with QUACKS is uncalled for and unacceptable to all d proffesional bodies in COMMUNITY HEALTH FAMILY.
This non educative messages has gone viral by a faceless NURSE ON AIR since 19th may 2018 that community health ext.workers were one of d group of quacks been recruited by d Lagos state ministry of health.lf l may the writer know definition of quacks AS A PERSON WHO IS TRAINED IN A SCHOOL OR COLLEGE FOR A SPECIFY PERIOD AND LISCENCED BY A REGULATORY AGENCY OR BODY TO PERFORM A OR SOME PARTICULAR SKILLS.so my analysis are;
*COMM HEALTH PRA.ARE TRAINNED IN D COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY,SO ALSO ARE NURSES.
*CHEWS SPEND 3 YEARS IN D COLLEGE SO ALSO NURSES
*COMM. HEALTH PRAC.SPEND 6YRS IN D UNIVERSITY,SO ALSO D NURSES
*COMM.HEALTH PRACTITIINERS ARE LISENCED BY COMMUNITY HEALTH REGISTRATION BOARD OF NIGERIA,SO ALSO WERE NURSES BY NURSES AND MIDWIFERY REGISTRATION BOARD.
*THEY BOTH CARRY THIER PRACTICING LISCENCE FOR CERTIFICATION AND INDENTIFICATION.Hencein what way are CHEWS quacks to provide healthcare services to d populace either at primary,secondary or tertiary level.
Working enviroments doesnt define what u are but what u can or trained to do,does a DOCTOR working in a rural clinic in in Kenya or a nurse giving immunisation in a AGO EGBIRA in Ondo state a QUACK ?
Its just high time people and healthcare workers alike stop these name callings,be focussed and work as a UNIFIED HEALTH TEAM to improve d standard of healthcare system required in our Nation.
And l will call on d leadership of iur various associations to caution thier members on these unnecessary name calling and wicked rivalry most especially on d part of nurses to d community health practitioners.l once saw a family where d three children born were chews,nurses and Doctor respectively,does dat mean d first born who was a chew is no more part of d family or will seize to to be first born.we should know we belong to d same family called HEALTHCARE,hence its upliftment should be our primary aim.

Signed
Olu.Ajayi
CHO,Bsc comm.health