Towards creating demand for health care services and boosting Child Birth Spacing (CBS) in communities , Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency in collaboration with The Challenge Initiative (TCI) has renovated five health facilities in Toro local government area under the 72 hour make over renovation initiative.
This is in an effort to provide quality care to women of reproductive age and children of under five years old.
Commissioning the newly renovated facilities, state commissioner of health Dr. Zuwaira Hassan Ibrahim, said Bauchi State Government is determined to strengthen Primary Health care, routine immunization, maternal, newborn and child health as contain in the 5 point health agenda of the present administration.
She said the TCI “Business Unusual Model” has brought innovations in providing quality health care to the people and also urge husbands to accompany their wives to access child birth spacing services.
Executive chairman state primary health care development agency, Adamu Ibrahim Gamawa said the state has adopted the TCI Business Unusual Model because “it is cost effective and involves the use of local resources”.
He said the number of women accessing Child birth spacing services has improve as Family Planning clinics are now wearing a friendly look, has privacy and available commodities.
State project coordinator TCI Mrs. Rabi Ekele said with the five facilities in Toro, it brings to fifteen health facilities that have undergone the 72 hour make over renovation in three local governments of Toro, Bauchi and Katagum.
Rabi said TCI is aiding state governments to take the lead in proving qualitative health care to women and children especially CBS services.
WikkiTimes reports that the facilities renovated and equipped were: General hospital Toro, Nabardo, Magama Gumau, Tilden Fulani and Gumau Primary Health Care Centers.
The make over is part of The Challenge Initiative (TCI) support to the state to uplift the PHCs and improve family planning units.
