Sokoto
government will establish a new medical school, an infectious diseases
hospital and a state-of-the-art renal and cardiac centre, Governor Aminu
Waziri Tambuwal has revealed.
Speaking at the opening of the 58th
meeting of National Council on Health in Sokoto Thursday, Tambuwal said
the new health centres will provide training and research, and will
complement existing health facilities across the state.
He said his administration has introduced other policies that have imparted positively in the health sector of the state.
One of such, according to him, is the
introduction of the community midwifery scheme to train more midwifes
and traditional birth attendants who will serve at community levels in
all parts of the state.
“This programme, will in due course be
expanded to essentially achieve sustainable reduction in maternal,
infant and child morbidity and mortality in Sokoto state,” the Governor
added.
He said the state government has
intensified health surveillance and other preventation mechanisms which
have resulted in Sokoto being certified as polio, ebola ad lassa fever
free.
He said the state government has also
entered into partnership agreement with the Usmanu Danfodio University
Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) for specialised trainings for improved quality
of care and universal healthcare.
“The areas include manpower training,
health services delivery, rural outreach programme, road traffic
accident and emergency response care and primary healthcare coverage,”
Tambuwal added.
In his remarks, the state Commissioner
of Health, Dr. Balarabe Shehu Kakale, said due to the commitment of the
present administration and its partners, the number of children
immunized against polio and other childhood killer diseases has
increased significantly.
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