Oladimeji Olayinka, NPHCDA's southwest Nigeria' s zonal coordinator, disclosed this at the opening of a training program for officials in Ogun State, the Nigerian Tribune newspaper reported on Friday.
According to the official, the rate keeps increasing in the southwest region of Nigeria unlike the other geo-political zones.
Olayinka said the training was connected with immunization program of pregnant women, women of child-bearing age and children under a year, adding that there must be concerted efforts in fighting the high rate of infection which had claimed many lives.
The coordinator said it was one of the training programs designed for Phase 1 Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination Campaign in Nigeria.
"That is the essence of starting this campaign in Ogun, Rivers and Abia states in the first phase and then, we can extend it to other states in due course," he said.
"If the prevention of the occurrence of preventable disease is one of the components of the MDGs, we just have to eliminate this disease; and that is our target between 2010 and 2015," he added.
Tetanus is a serious bacterial infection that usually results from a contaminated wound and may be fatal if not treated.
Source: news.xinhuanet.com
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