The United States Agency International Development (USAID) had said that, The United States spends about $450m yearly on health related aid to Nigeria, The Nigeria mission director Mr Michael Harvey disclosed this yesterday while responding to questions at the Targeted States High Impact Project (TSHIP) end of project information dissemination meeting in Sokoto.
He said, the USA has great concern over health issues in Nigeria and in the northern Nigeria in particular.
Michael, stressed that they are celebrating the lives saved, the healthier households built and the durable bonds established between the states in which they carried out interventions. He also stated that, USAID through TSHIP has spent $89m in Sokoto and Bauchi states from 2009 to 2015.
The mission director decried the shortage of staff, especially the female folk, as one of the greatest challenges they experienced in Sokoto State in the course of the six-year TSHIP programme. He called on the government to expedite effort to bridge the gap.
Speaking on his part, Governor Aminu Tambuwal assured that they would continue to partner with USAID and other donor agencies for their sustained role in the nation's health sector.
The Governor disclosed that the state government would continue with the funding of its community-based health volunteers, Tambuwal hinted that they would soon develop a marshal plan for the training of 3,000 community midwives.
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