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By Lizzy Carr The executive chairman Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Board Dr Rilwanu Mohammed has noted that despite the availability of vaccines which are administered free of charge, thirteen local government areas have continued to record zero dose which means the children didn’t receive Penta 1 vaccination. He was speaking at capacity building […]

By Bashir Hassan Abubakar  The Government of Nigeria, in collaboration with UNICEF and partners emphasized the critical need for strengthened social protection system to address the pressing issues of poverty. This was one of the major outcomes at the just concluded 3rd Edition of the Social Protection Cross Learning Summit held on the 28th June,

…….. as USAID MSSFPO project winds up By Danladi Abubakar Engender Health, the implementing partners of USAID funded MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics Project (MSSFPO) has honoured the Bauchi State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Adamu Umar Sambo, the Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Hospital Management Board (HMB) and three other healthcare service

……….calls for collaborative efforts to address the scourge By Bashir Hassan Abubakar An International body of medical professionals , Medicine Sans Frontier (MSF)  has expressed concerns over the increasing numbers of children affected by Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in the Northern part of Nigeria and other regions where they are working. A press release signed

By Bashir Hassan Abubakar Bauchi State Government has deplore the increase in number of Malaria among pregnant women in Bauchi State. The State Commissioner of health, Dr. Adamu Umar Sambo disclosed this at a press briefing, as part of activities marking the 2024 World Malaria Day on Sunday in Bauchi. The commemoration of the day

By Lizzy Carr   The House of Representative Committee on health has stated that all health workers especially doctors on locum appointment shall be absorbed to bridge the gap of inadequate human resources for health. Chairman of the committee Amos Magaji stated this at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi during an oversight

By Abubakar Hassan  Bauchi State Agency for Sustainable Microfinance has organised a One Day meeting with Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) to assess the level of compliance to the guidelines for the disbursement of loans to their mentored Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLAs) across the State. In an opening remarks before the commencement of the

……. pledges  support for sustainability plan  By Imrana Ilelah  The Sokoto State House of Assembly has praised EngenderHealth for implementing the ongoing USAID-funded Momentum Safe Surgery Project (MSSFPO) in the state. The House has also committed to supporting efforts to sustain the best practices learned, aimed at improving healthcare outcomes in the state. The Speaker

By Bashir Hassan Abubakar Social protection and child development experts across the globe believed that absence of education in a child is one of the key factors that subjects the child to perpetual multidimensional poverty. For any child that is caught in such poverty circle, the prospect of such  child’s development into his/her full potential