By Hope James
The Jigawa State Government has stated that it will offer free healthcare services to patients of hypertension, diabetes, sickle cell, Edum News reports.
The Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sport and Culture, Sagir Musa made this known in a statement in Dutse, the state capital, on Friday.
He disclosed that the state programme for Free Maternal Neonatal and Child Healthcare will also cover people with hypertension, diabetes and sickle cell for free treatment in all government-owned hospitals across the 27 Local government areas, adding that it was approved by the Council during its meeting on Thursday.
He stressed that the council also approved the disbursement of N179.2 million as Direct Facility Financing to the accredited Primary Healthcare Centers.
According to him, the Council also approved an additional 17 PHCs across the 281 political wards of the state for the first and second quarters of 2024 by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency.
He stated, “A work plan for the implementation of Immunisation Plus and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services Project presented by the Ministry of Health, was also approved.
“The IMPACT Project is supported by World Bank with a total amount of N1.2 billion only in the Work plan for the year 2024 for Jigawa for the revitalisation of 161 Primary Healthcare Centres in the state.”
