FG, Kwara state partner to promote adolescent health issues

Date: 2018-05-16

The Federal Government says it will partner with the Kwara state Government and other stakeholders to promote adolescents health issues in Nigeria.

Mrs Justina Young, the Representative of the Federal Ministry of Health, stated this on Tuesday during a meeting with stakeholders on adolescent Health and Development in Nigeria at the Ministry of Health in Ilorin, Kwara state capital.

Young said the aim of holding the stakeholder's meeting is to highlight and also strategise on the minimum package of services and standards for Adolescent Healthcare services in Nigeria.

According to her, Nigeria recognizes the pivotal importance of addressing the health and development issues of the adolescent populations to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from now until 2030.

She said that adolescent health has become a priority on the global agenda in addressing their rights and needs.

"The government and the necessary stakeholders will be mobilising its collective expertise and technical capacity to ensure adolescent health is addressed in this country.

"There is need to implement this Global Strategy, and we will continue to advocate for evidence-informed reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health programmes at all levels. Beyond health itself, investments are needed in other domains crucial for an adolescent to survive, thrive and transform his or her society," she said.

In her Address, the Executive Secretary, Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Abimbola Folorunso noted that adolescents have been marginalised for a while in area of healthcare issues.

She explained that the outcome of the stakeholders meeting will go a long way to address this challenges faced by adolescents in the state and the nation in general.

Folorunso commended the Federal Ministry of Health for the initiatives on adolescents health, adding that it is an important mandate of the Primary Health Care programme.

She added that it can further help in providing effective and efficient healthcare delivery services to both young mother and child

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Dogara     Funmilayo Mohammed     Ogidi-Oloje     Mustapha Akanbi     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Monthly Sanitation     Ilorin Durbar     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Ile Arugbo     Ibrahim Mashood     Owu Fall     Logun     GRA     PharmAccess Foundation     Emir Of Ilorin     Adegoke Bamidele     Okala Baba     Salman Jawondo     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     JUSUN     Pakata Patriots     Ariyo     Saka Abimbola Isau     Akeem Olatunji     Kwara Pdp     Oba Abu     Lai Mohammed     A.O. Belgore     Oloyede     JMK Construction Company Limited     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Bello Bature     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Ilofa     Umaru Saro     Onilu     Ilota     Unilorin FM     IFK     Col. Taiwo     Asa LGEA School     Jimoh Akani     Sobi     Gurei     Ubandoma     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     NYSC     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Manzuma     Salihu Ajia     Hijab     Atunwa     Facemasks     Adamu Attah     Adedeji Onimago     Apaokagi     Baba-Isale     Congress For National Consensus     Suleiman Ajadi     Adanla-Irese     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Ekiti     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Playing Host     Abegunde Goke     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Surajudeen Akanbi     Olatunji Bamgbola     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Rotimi Oyedepo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Amada Jidda     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Gbajabiamila     Isiaka Alikinla     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Abatemi Usman     Government High School Adeta     David Oyedepo     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Okin Biscuits     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Ogidi-Oloje     Press Release     Olaitan Buraimoh     Hamidu Olowo     Yekini Adio     Amusa Bello     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Innocent Okoye     Royal FM     Abdulhakeem Amao     Sulaiman Gado     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Arca Santa     Ronke Adeyemi     Alapado     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Rihanat Ajia     Pacify Labs     Lawal Olohungbebe     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Olugbense     Ayinde Oki     Akanbi-Oke     Share     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Lukman Adeloyin     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Sunday Otokiti     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Bola Sagaya     Aremu Bose Deborah     Local Government     IQRA College     Tunde Saad     Oloye     Aso-ofi     Babata     Pakata Development Association     Aminu Ado Bayero     NIPOGA     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Bolaji Abdullahi     Sheikh Alimi     Dele Momodu     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Bukola Saraki     Oniyangi     Florence Saraki     Orisa Bridge     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Abdulfatai Baakini     HICA     Bamidele Adegoke     Kwara Basketball Association     Danladi     Oba Abdulraheem     Owo Arugbo     Maja     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools