Health Alert: FG to Build 290 PHC's in Abia State
The Abia Government has selected two hundred and ninety primary healthcare centres to benefit from the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund, a Federal Government initiative, according to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. Ikpeazu made this known at a special party held in Umuahia for the elderly people of Abia. The event was organised by the state government in collaboration with Vicar Hope Foundation and Tender Loving Care, both Non Governmental organisations. The governor, who was represented by the state Commissioner for Health, Dr John Ahukanna, said that the identified primary healthcare centres would propagate the initiative. He said that the state government was committed to evolving programmes aimed at improving healthcare services in the state. According to him, the programme is designed to provide access to healthcare services in various communities and would greatly boost the state government’s efforts in the health sector. “By the time this policy gets off the ground, on...