Nigeria: Bauchi Spends N70 Million to Check Cholera

Oct 29, 2010, Bauchi — The Bauchi State government has procured and distributed drugs and disinfectants worth N70 million to check the spread of cholera in the state.

Governor Isa Yuguda, who disclosed this yesterday in Bauchi at the opening of the state’s Council on Health meeting said, “The holistic approach to the management of the epidemic has reduced its fatality rate.”

The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Garba Gamawa, said government decentralized the state’s Ministry of Health by creating the Hospitals Management Board, State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Bauchi State Agency for the control of HIV/AIDS tuberculosis and malaria, all in a bid to revive the sector.

He said the government also recruited 2,592 health workers and provided water and electricity in all general hospitals in the state.

The Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Muhammed Yahaya Jalam, said the state has developed strategies to achieve efficient health care delivery for its citizens. Jalam, who said the meeting of the health council was the first of its kind, expressed hope that the participants would come up with ways to improve health care delivery in the state.

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