PHC Delivery System: Kaduna Government Partners Tulsi Chanrai Foundation
He explained that the “partnership is in the form of providing PHC Experts to work with State Primary Health Care Agency. TCF’s main efforts will be to strengthen the system which includes community mobilization, capacity building, quality health care, referral linkage, Health Management Information System, collaborating the Supply Chain Management and making the services accessible, affordable and accountable.
“The aim of this partnership programme is to achieve the health-related Sustainable Development Goal-3 by the year 2020.
“For achieving the above-mentioned objective, the focus of all activities will be to reduce maternal, neonatal, U5 Children mortality, control of Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Leprosy.
“The programme will cover all 23 LGAs in a phased manner, covering an estimated population of 8,397,543 served by 1068 primary health care facilities.”
Colonel Prasad, added that, “Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF) is an international NGO engaged in the provision of Primary Health Care, Safe Drinking Water and Eye Care in Nigeria under an agreement with National Planning Commission of Federal Government of Nigeria since 1992.
“TCF has been working in partnership with State Governments and NPHCDA since 1997 implementing model PHC Projects in Oyo, Osun, Kaduna, Adamawa, Imo and Cross River States. “In partnership with Kaduna State Government, TCF implemented the Kachia PHC Project covering Kachia, Jaba and Z.Kataf LGAs from 2003 to 2013.
In her remarks, Executive Secretary, SPHCDA, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, noted that the MoU, will be a very strong pillar to build on in what the agency stands to achieve in the future.
She said the partnership is important at this point, especially on the demand side and thanked Tulsi Chanrai Foundation for selecting the state ahead of others.
