He noted that the summit had featured “extensive deliberations across various themes on nutrition and the food bank, on the progress of the Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative over the last two years, trauma healthcare expansion, training of frontline workers, expansion of hospital capacity that is still ongoing in all the geopolitical zones of this country.” It also committed traditional and religious leaders to welcoming and providing “robust support” for frontline health workers and the National Health Fellows being deployed to their communities, advocating for the upgrade of primary healthcare centres, encouraging multi-sectoral action on the social determinants of health “with a special focus on nutrition, clean water and sanitation, hygiene and the education of the girl child,” and fostering community participation in disease surveillance and outbreak response. A representative of Bishop Hassan Matthew Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Reverend Father Maurice, who spoke on behalf of the bishop, reminded the summit that during the COVID-19 pandemic, “the Catholic Bishops placed their entire health facilities of over 500 hospitals and clinics at the disposal of the nation for free.
Author: Punch Newspapers
Published at: 2026-02-17 21:52:19
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