Five states in Nigeria which are Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, and Sokoto, have renewed commitment to domestic resource mobilization for improved investment on child and maternal health care in the states.
Commissioners of Health in the states made the pledge at the Integrated Child Survival Advocacy (ICSA) strategic alignment with state leadership and partners in Abuja, on the theme “strengthening PHC financing, integration, and community accountability for improved child survival outcomes.”
Over 60 participants including the six Commissioners for Health (Kaduna Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Osun), three Commissioners for Local Government (Kaduna, Kano and Katsina) and six Executive Secretaries of State Primary Health Care Development Boards/Agencies, participated in the meeting.
Other participants in attendance were representatives of the ICSA consortium comprising the Centre for Well-Being and Integrated Nutrition Solutions (C-WINS), Civil Society in Malaria Control, Immunization and Nutrition (ACOMIN), and NANA Girls & Women Empowerment Initiative, alongside the project steering committee (PSC) which comprises the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, SWAp, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), and UNICEF. Civil society organizations were represented by the Health Sector Reform Coalition (HSRC).
The state officials also made a pledge to commit, at least, 1USD per under five child to push for a better health care service for the vulnerable groups particularly the mothers and children.
