By John Mkom

JALINGO—Taraba State Primary Health Care Agency has, in partnership with UNICEF and Canadian government, flagged off a free health care project, tagged “Hard To Reach”, at Suriwa village in Yoro local government area.

The project is aimed at offering free medication to children, women and men on immunization, polio, nutrition, malaria and community mobilization on health matters.
450 medical and health workers employed for the project were trained on how to work in places with difficult terrains, with no health facilities.

They were also trained on how to educate the local populace on cases of maternal mortality across the 350 localities in the the state.

Speaking at the ceremony, the head of field office, UNICEF Nigeria, Bauchi Office, Abdulahi Kakai, said UNICEF and the Canadian government had agreed to provide free drugs for the project.

Kakai also said health care services would be conducted door to door in the remote localities selected for the project.

The governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, who flagged off the project, pledged full support of the state government to make it succeed.
Ishaku said the state government had committed N96 million counterpart funds to ensure that the people of the state got medical access through his rescue team.