Yobe State has received a 500,000 {dollars} prize for being the North-East’s best-performing state in efficient Main Well being Care, PHC, service supply.
That is contained in an announcement by Hussaini Mai-Sule, Press Secretary to Deputy Governor, Idi Gubana, in Damaturu on Saturday.
He mentioned the prize was offered to Gubana on Thursday in Abuja by improvement companions, together with the Invoice and Melinda Gates Basis, Dangote Group, the Federal Ministry of Well being, the Nationwide Main Well being Care Improvement Company, and UNICEF.
He mentioned the award was a part of the Management Problem Award, initiated by the companions to enhance the Main Well being Care Underneath One Roof, PHCUOR, coverage, with commitments from state governors.
Mai-Sule famous that Mr Gubana, who additionally serves because the state chairman on immunisation and first well being care, credited the success to the dedication of Gov. Mai Mala Buni in direction of healthcare service supply.
He mentioned that the deputy governor expressed his gratitude to the companions for the award and pledged to construct on the state’s current achievements.
In his remarks, the UNICEF Nation Consultant, Christian Munduate, emphasised the consortium’s imaginative and prescient to make major well being care companies extra accessible to ladies, women, and youngsters throughout the nation.
Ms Munduate burdened the significance of bettering management, oversight, and the administration of important well being companies on the sub-regional degree to reinforce general well being outcomes.
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