268 Katsina Girls Given Admission into Health Training Institution
United Kingdom’s Department for International Development has secured admission into various Health Training Institutions for 268 girls in Katsina under the Women for Health Programme.
Chairman, W4H Working Group in Katsina, Mr. Suleiman Abdullahi Saulawa, disclosed this on Thursday in Katsina at the presentation of support to beneficiaries, saying the gesture was part of efforts to reduce infant and maternal mortality.
He also said the programme was designed to reduce shortage of female health workers in rural areas of Northern Nigeria as a whole.
The National Programme Manager, Dr Fatima Lamishi, said the programme recruited young women from rural areas and helped them to get professional training and return to their communities as qualified health workers.
She said that would assist to reduce infant and maternal mortality in Northern parts of the country.
In his remarks, Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State said the state government would continue to support the programme.
