Governor Uba Sani has approved the recruitment of 1,800 staff in order to fill the personnel gaps across all the Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities in Kaduna State.
A statement issued by the state Commissioner of Health, Hajiya Umma Kaltume Ahmed, today, said the recruitment will strengthen the state’s leading role in PHC.
According to her, the recruitment will directly address the gaps in human resources at the facilities, leading to a significant reduction in maternal and child mortalities, as well as improve the well-being of the citizens.
The commissioner recalled that there is an ongoing revitalisation of 255 PHC facilities, provision of state-of-the art equipment and distribution of essential drugs across the state.
Hajiya Umma disclosed that all the 255 PHCs in the state will be remodelled and upgraded to Level 2 status, as part of the Uba administration’s overhaul of the health sector.
According to her, the upgraded PHCs will undertake the management of uncomplicated diabetes, uncomplicated hypertension, resuscitation of severe asthma and assisted delivery as well as other essential services.
She added that the Uba administration has been giving the health sector the desired attention since it assumed office on May 29, 2023.
She said: ‘’The efforts of His Excellency have been recognised with 10 awards, both national and international, including the prestigious Excellence Award by the International Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA).
‘’Under the present administration, quality healthcare is not a privilege but a fundamental human right and this explains why the PHC Leadership Challenge that Kaduna State received ranked the state as the best in Primary Health Care in the North-west zone.”
