This post has already been read at least 111650 times!
Determined to ensure the sustainability of Community Health Influencers Promoters and Services (CHIPS) in Gombe State, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has released the sum of one hundred and sixty one million naira (161,000,000) to cover for the funding gap due to the expiration of the donor funded programme last year.
The Governor has equally taken over the payment of the monthly stipends of one thousand two hundred Community Health Influencers Promoters and Services, CHIPS agents scattered across 57 wards of the State.
Initially funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through the Society for Family Health, the programme addresses challenges of health care system and improves coverage and equity in the provision of primary health care services especially to women and children.
The one thousand two hundred CHIPS agents have been engaged in counselling of pregnant women and referring them as well as their children to Primary Health Care Centres (PHCs).
The Executive Secretary, Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Abdulrahman Shuaibu along side Directors in the Agency recently participated in the distribution of free commodities to the one thousand two hundred CHIPS agents in the State to be given to pregnant women.
This post has already been read at least 111650 times!
The Labour Party candidate for Bende Federal Constituency, Dr. Chima Anyaso, Ofuji, has gifted brand…
...Tells Tinubu Governance Is About Solving Problems, Not Blame ABUJA, NIGERIA — The presidential candidate…
By: Chibuisi Mba It was more than a political outing. It was a statement. A…
The leadership of Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has announced that its 3rd National Executive Committee,…
By Chibuisi Mba If an election is conducted today in Bende Federal Constituency, Dr. Chima…
The Ilorin Emirate Professors' Association, IEPA, has called for stronger ethical and regulatory frameworks to…