Kwara EU-SARAH Steering Committee Holds Maiden Meeting
The Kwara State European Union Strengthening Access to Reproductive and Adolescent Health (EU-SARAH) steering committee has held its maiden meeting yesterday with a charge to members to brace up for the task ahead, be steadfast and committed to the project to ensure its success in the State.
Addressing members of the Committee, the Chairperson who is also the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Ahmed El-Imam, told the committee members that the meeting was aimed at contributing to effective programme implementation and enhanced impacts.
While highlighting the importance of the programme, the Commissioner, explained that the programme was aimed at strengthening access to reproductive and adolescent health in Kwara and two other states in Nigeria.
El-Imam recalled with excitement that attracting the project to the State could not have been possible without Governor AbdulRazaq's leadership quality, transparency and adoption of the best global practices.
She therefore, advised members of the committee to work assiduously to complement the Governor's efforts, stressing that the programme is set to make a lasting impact by improving reproductive health service, particularly for women and adolescents, and strengthening the healthcare system in the targeted states.
The meeting was attended by the Commissioners for Planning, Women Affairs, Youths Development, Hon. Aliyu Sabi Kora, Hon. Afolashade Justina, Hon. Shehu Ndanusa; representative of the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mrs Rebecca Olanrewaju Bake, representative of UNICEF, Abuja, Mrs Ibilola Olayinka and others.
In another development, the Commissioner also inaugurated onboarding of the State-level Committee for the National Health Fellows under the Sector-Wide Approach Programme (SWAP).
The Committee is comprised of the academia, traditional institutions, ALGON, representatives of the Ministry of Health and Primary Health Care Development Agency.
The Commissioner also inaugurated the Technical Committee for Sector-Wide Approach Programme (SWAP).
The initiative was aimed at having a unified, effective and sustainable health sector through one plan, one budget, one conversation and one report across the health sector.
Saad Hamdalat
Press Sec MOH
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