By Augustine Okezie, Katsina

Katsina State Government has announced plans to overhaul her Primary Health Care delivery structure through the enactment of enabling laws that will guarantee improved coordination and enhancement of primary health care service delivery in the entire 34 local government areas of the state

The State Commissioner for Health, Engineer Nuhu Yakubu, who made the above announcement at the state capital during the launching of the World Breast Feeding Week by the Wife of the Governor, Hajia Zakkiya Aminu Bello Masari, said an implementation committee has already assessed the infrastructural and equipment gaps in the primary health care facilities as part of the repositioning process.

He said, ”The establishment of State Emergency Routine Immunisation Coordination Center has greatly improved coverage and quality of routine immunisation across the state.”

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He further announced the establishment of State Emergency Maternal and Child Health Intervention Center, to address what he called ‘unacceptable high number of maternal and child mortality in the state.’

The commissioner further described breast feeding as miracle food essential for the greater wellbeing of children and mothers and central to the 2023 Sustainable Development Goals on Education and so on.

He said, “With breast feeding, mothers share elements of their immune system, which provides babies with a protective umbrella as their immune system develops.”

Earlier in an address at the occasion, the Executive Secretary Primary Health Care Development Agency, PHCDA, Dr Shamsudeen  Yahaya, said the breast feeding week is celebrated every year  to promote improved health of the babies around the world.