More senior government officials from Kano, Kaduna, Niger, Lagos, Enugu, and Taraba states recapitulate their commitments to serve as champions on Routine Immunization and Family Planning under the partnership for advocacy in child and family health at scale. The champions…
Persistent evidence-based advocacy pays as the Taraba state government launches the domesticated Task Shifting Task Sharing policy for essential healthcare services in the state. The policy was launched on Thursday 12th December 2019 at the state’s Ministry of Health in…
As part of efforts to strengthen the implementation of RI finance strategies at the state levels, the National Association of Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Kaduna State chapter, developed a routine immunization (RI) people’s scorecard and presented its finding at a…
Women groups in Nigeria, and other stakeholders, met in Abuja for a 1-day dialogue to discuss the post-GAVI implementation plan as part of strategies to find sustainable ways of increasing domestic resource mobilization for funding routine immunization in Nigeria. Organized…
FP Annual Operation Plan meeting at Lagos state with participants from AANI, CHAI, FP zonal coordinators, MoH, State Primary Healthcare Board, Budget & Planning and other partners As part of efforts to improve allocation and timely releases of family planning…
A COMMUNIQUE OF ACTIONS We, the members of the Legislative Network on Universal Health Coverage, held our Third Annual Summit from 13th – 15th November, 2019 at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, under the chairmanship of Distinguished Senator Ahmed Lawan, Senate…
Legislators and Advocates at a health summit in Nigeria have adjudged the use of data-driven, evidence-informed advocacy models at a formal gathering as the most an effective way of influencing legislators to increase health sector funding in Nigeria. In a…
Proposed for 2020
1) Select another batch of Primary Health Centres for upgrade, refitting, equipping and provision of solar grids for their electrical needs, to be manned by some 3,000 additional health care staff PHCDA plans to employ.
2) Complete the 300-bed specialist hospital at the Millennium City that has been under construction since 2009;
3) To improve health outcomes for our people, we shall continue to upgrade the primary health sector, bringing more equipment, expanding the coverage of our immunisation programme, recruiting health professionals and working to reduce infant and maternal mortality.
4) State Primary Health Care Development Amendment (or re-enactment) Bill to update the PHCDA/PHCUOR law that this Honourable House graciously enacted in September 2015, paving way for influx of coordinated donor support to our immunisation and primary healthcare programmes.
The Norwegian Business School – Norway is awarding the BI Presidential Scholarships to Individuals who are seeking to pursue a degree program at the Institution. Scholarships will cover full tuition fees and a stipend for living expenses for each semester,…
