Health

By Bashir Hassan Abubakar  Over 100 Community Resource Groups supporting primary healthcare activities in Bauchi State have been honoured by the State Primary Health Care Development Board (BSPHCDB). The honour and recognition of the CRGs was carried out by way of presenting them with awards and gifts for their support to BSPHCDB in mobilizing people […]

By Lizzy Carr  To improve food security and contribute to the reduction of malnutrition among women of reproductive age and children under 5, Catalyzing strengthened Policy Action for Healthy Diets and Resilience CASCADE has trained 109 women led farmers on good agronomic practices for orange fleshed sweet potatoes and vegetables production in five local government

By Lizzy Carr  The Zero Dose Learning Hub has come up with an immunization budget accountability scorecard that will be used to track immunization budget, accountability and Sustainability at the national national level. The scorecard according to Bauchi State focal person of African Health Budget Network (AHBN) Dr Hassan Shuaibu will serve as a vital

By Our Correspondent  A gender focused Civil Society Organisation , Attah Sisters Helping Hand (ASHH) Foundation with support from Global Affairs Canada (GAC), under Plan International’s ASPIRE Project has carried out advocay visits to some key Ministries in Bauchi. The objective of the visit was to strengthen ASHH Foundation’s partnership with Ministries especially in the

By Lizzy Carr  Stakeholders at an engagement meeting for family planning services in Bauchi State have called for government and corporate organizations to bridge the funding gap created by the withdrawal of USAID funding for health interventions. The meeting organized by The Challenge Initiative was to strengthen collaboration between state and non State actors in

By Lizzy Carr    The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has commended the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare for introducing measures to reduce the rate of maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Nigeria. Bauchi State UNFPA Programme Officer and reproductive health analyst Deborah Tabara was speaking at the closing of

  By Lizzy Carr  Bauchi State Commissioner of health Dr Sani Mohammed Dambam has constituted and inaugurated a Taskforce on the Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction in the state as part of the efforts to promote safe motherhood. The Taskforce was inaugurated Friday at the end of a 5-day implementation design workshop on of Maternal

By Amina Salisu  The Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria ( FOMWAN) ,Bauchi State chapter, says that plans were in pipeline to establish a gymnastic centre in its primary healthcare centre to support the wellness of senior citizens for wellness. Hajiya Habiba Usman, state chairperson of the state, stated this at a one- day

By Lizzy Carr Bauchi State Commissioner Ministry of Budget Economic Planning and Multilateral Coordination Amina Katagum has noted that budget line for immunization is embedded in the budget of the implementing Ministry, Department and Agency. Amina Katagum was responding to a request by the Bauchi State Zero Dose Learning Hub Community of Practice (CoP) request

By Lizzy Carr Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Board has flag off the activation of nutrition corners and creation of facility gardens at PHCs level as a strategy towards reducing the high burden of malnutrition in the state. The project supported by Catalysing Strengthened Policy Action for Healthy Diets and Resilience ( CASCADE ) and Development