By Maikudi Muhammad Marafa
Kano State Primary Health Care Management Board has assured partners fighting tuberculosis in the state all the support needed in their fight against Tuberculosis.
The Director General Kano State Primary Health Care Management Board Dr Nasir Mahmud give the assurance when he received the TB Partners that called on him in his office.
The Director General said that one of the cardinal principles of the Present is to revive the healthcare system of the state decayed for effective service delivery, stressing that actions of His Excellency has proven his determination and political will to deliver his promises unto the health sector.
Dr. Nasir Commended the TP Partners in interrupting the transmission of the contagious disease in the state which make it to be the leading state in TB case finding in the Country.
The Director General further commended them for their efforts in curtailing the disease in the State and assured them all the support needed so as to achieve the set goals.
Earlier speaking, the Programme Manager Leprosy and TB of the State Ministry of Health leading TB Partners, Dr. Ibrahim Aliyu Gano, said that they were at the Director General office to felicitate with him for his appointment and to explain to him about the efforts TB Partners have being put in place in fighting TB in the state.
He informed the Commissioner that TB Partners are doing excellently in terms of demand creation services in the facilities, awareness creation and media engagements, adding that as a result of the various interventions of partners Kano state has recorded a lot of achievements in the fight against TB
Dr. Gano stated that Kano is now the leading state in the country in terms of TB case finding so much that just recently Kano broke another record by been the only state in Nigeria that reached the mark of 8,000plus TB cases finding.
