Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna state unday inaugurated five state-of-the-art mobile medical trucks to provide medical services to hard to reach communities, as part of activities to mark his 100 days in office.
The governor also commissioned Women and Children Shelter at Katuru Road, Kaduna to provide accommodation and others service to victims of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and other abuses in the state.
The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe, said the Mobile Medical Trucks will boost healthcare services and enhance the wellbeing and survival of Kaduna state citizens.
He said: “By what is intended, these trucks will further serve to close the geographic action gap to healthcare services. With these medical trucks, screening and diagnosis of ailment will be brought to the doorstep of the citizens of Kaduna state. Our administration is committed to taking all necessary steps to make significant progress towards achieving universal health coverage.
“Our vision is to build and strengthen enhanced health system; that is adequately equipped, well staffed with comprehensive, accessible and affordable services that is oriented to deliver distant standard of care. To this end, we undertook an innovative approach to better our state’s healthcare system. Among the initiatives we took, we have procured state of the art mobile diagnostic units which will facilitate the provision of quality diagnostics services to our far to reach, hard to reach and other underserved communities.
“These mobile units will offer a range of services, including maternal, newborn and child health interventions, radiology services and all laboratory diagnosis of ailments such as malaria, HIV, hepatitis B and C, tuberculosis and many more. They will also serve as vital tools for ongoing disease surveillance initiative while strengthening basic clinical services; referrals and linkages. They will equally provide a platform for regular advocacy, social and community mobilisation activities and other campaigns.”