KEBBI SETS TO PARNER WITH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL ORGANIZATION FOR SERVICES TO STATE
The visit was to discuss medical services related to nutritional program and Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) in a local government area of Kebbi state MSF.
Doctors without Borders intends to start ten bed Inpatient therapeutic feeding center (ITFC)/stabilisation unit with two Ambulatory Therapeutic feeding centers (ATFCs) in Maiyama local government with ICCM services and also provision for IDPs in other LGAs related to environmental health.
Doctors without Borders are committed to providing of free cost medical services to the people of Kebbi state in its initial six month programme and looking forward for an agreement with the ministry of health and kebbi state to start activities as soon as possible.
Doctors without Borders is an International Medical Humanitarian Organization operating in eight states of Nigeria providing primary, secondary and tertiary health care with quick response to outbreaks.
Already the team has visited Augie, Maiyama, Shanga, Bagudo, Zuru and Dank Wasagu local government areas during the initial assessment.
The team also visited the Commissioner for Health Alh. Jafar Muhammad Zuru and the Executive Secretary Kebbi State Primary Health Care Development Agency,
Dr. Abubakar Abdullahi Ka’oje. Director Public health Mr Abubakar Bagudo.
Doctor Without Borders in over seventy countries of the world and has been in Nigeria for more than twenty years providing support and health services free of charge to Nigerians.
Receiving the team, at the Government House Birnin Kebbi on behalf of the Governor, the Chief of Staff Alh. Sulaiman Muhammad Argungu, welcomed the Doctors and expressed happiness about the readiness of the mission to sign an MOU and partnership with the government.
The Chief of Staff assured the team that Kebbi State Government would provide an enabling environment for the mission to operate accordingly for optimal performance.
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