The Federal Government has announced the successful revitalisation of 991 primary healthcare centres (PHCs) across Nigeria, with 2,701 others currently undergoing renovation.
The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency Dr Muyi Aina, revealed this at the quarterly press briefing and the commencement of the World Vaccination Week to assess the progress of the agency.
While highlighting the achievements of the agency in the past year, he said certain milestones had been achieved.
He noted that the agency was leveraging heavily on technology to digitise healthcare delivery.
He explained that a life dashboard had been introduced to assess the primary healthcare centres in different wards across Nigeria.
Speaking further, the NPHDA executive director also said that 120,000 healthcare workers had been retrained and emergency services had been improved with the provision of ambulances across the country.
On maternal care, Dr Aina noted that the maternal and neonatal mortality reduction innovation initiative had commenced in 172 local government areas across five states to reduce the number of maternal deaths in the country.
On vaccination, he said the process had improved by 54% with seven states upscaled while a total of 26 million children had been vaccinated so far.
He further stated that 101,158 children had been vaccinated so far against malaria in four states across the country.
Aina further revealed the launch of a new polio vaccination campaign starting May 3, which will span several northern states. This campaign is part of a synchronised vaccination programme among Lake Chad countries, aiming to vaccinate 83 million children against the disease.
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