The Kano State
Commissioner for Health, Dr Kabir Ibrahim Getso, who spoke at a press
briefing said Kano had received its share of $1million allocated to each
state by the federal government and that after all the necessary
preparations, it would commence work.
He said the program
would target six areas which include; maternal, newborn and child
health, childhood essential medicines and increasing treatment of
important childhood diseases, improving child nutrition, immunization,
Malaria control and the elimination of mother to child transmission of
HIV.
He added that the implementation frame work and structures have already been set up.
"Government has
constituted and inaugurated a multi- sectoral state steering committee
which will give overall guidance to the implementation of the program,
constitution of the technical committee and the setting up of a
secretariat for the program," he said.
He said some of the
strategies to be used for successful implementation of the program
would include increasing utilization of high impact maternal and child
health interventions and providing incentives for both health personnel
and mothers. He added that government would partner traditional
institutions, civil societies, media and members of the communities in
the execution, monitoring and evaluation of the program.
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