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Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna, has inaugurated five mobile medical trucks to provide healthcare services to hard-to-reach communities in the state. 

The governor also inaugurated the women and children shelter, located at Katuru road in Kaduna metropolis, to provide accommodation and other services to victims of gender-based violence (GBV) and other abuses.

Speaking at the inaugurations on Sunday, Sani, who was represented by Hadiza Balarabe, his deputy, said the mobile medical trucks would boost healthcare services and enhance the well-being and survival of citizens.

He said the trucks would solve the difficulty of travelling to rural communities to render medical services.

“With these medical trucks, screening and diagnosis of ailment will be brought to the doorstep of the citizens of Kaduna state,” he said.

“Our administration is committed to taking all necessary steps to make significant progress towards achieving universal health coverage.”

The governor said the vision of his administration is to build an enhanced health system that is adequately equipped, well-staffed, easily accessible, and affordable to the people.

“To this end, we undertook an innovative approach to better our state’s healthcare system,” he said.

“Among the initiatives we took, we have procured state-of-the-art mobile diagnostic units which will facilitate the provision of quality diagnostics services to our far-to-reach, hard-to-reach, and other underserved communities.

“These mobile units will offer a range of services, including maternal, newborn and child health interventions, radiology services, and all laboratory diagnoses of ailments such as malaria, HIV, hepatitis B and C, tuberculosis, and many more.

“They will also serve as vital tools for ongoing disease surveillance initiatives while strengthening basic clinical services; referrals and linkages.

“They will equally provide a platform for regular advocacy, social and community mobilization activities and other campaigns.”

At the inauguration of the women and children shelter, the governor expressed displeasure over the abuses that women and children are subjected to in society.

He said the facility was initiated by the state government to provide support and assistance to women and children who have been affected by violence in private and public spaces.