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.

Oluronke Adeyemi     Bayo Ajia     Magaji Erubu     Al-Adaby     Sunday Fagbemi     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     KWSUED     Nupe     Yeketi     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     GANZY     Plat Technologies     Oniyangi     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Albert Ogunsola     Curfew     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Principal Private Secretary     SWAN     Kale Bayero     Ayekale     Moremi High School     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Yemi Osinbajo     Sulaiman Gado     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Akeem Lawal     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Kale Belgore     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Alabere     Umaru Saro     Mahe Abdulkadir     Bello Abubakar     LABTOP     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Paul Odama     Law School Scholarship     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Hussein Oloyede     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Ilorin Muslim Community     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Shonga     Pakata Patriots     Olofa Of Offa     Ilorin Durbar     Sarah Alade     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Sabo-Oke     Saliu Ajia     Sheriff Shagaya     Marafan Shonga     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Kwarareports     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Kaosarah Adeyi     Towoju     Abubakar Lah     Fareedah Dankaka     Sidikat Akaje     Fatimat Saliu     Bashirat Bola Bello     Lotus Bank     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Mohammed Yisa     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Gwanara     HYPPADEC     Galadiman Ngeri    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulazeez Arowona     Shehu Adaramaja     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Tsaragi/Share     IQRA College     Imam Gambari     Read With Me     Simeon Sayomi     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Akanji     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Rachael Obisesan     Ghali Muhammed     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Hassanat Bello     Mashood Dauda     David Oyedepo     Trader Moni     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Abiodun Oyedepo     Kayode Issa     Raimi Iyanda     Mohammed Haruna     GAMA     Emir Of Lafiagi     African Democratic Congress     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Young Progressives Party     Universal Basic Education Commission     Idowu Laro     Olomu     Yeketi     Maja     Durbar Festival     Guber Aspirant     Ilorin.Info     James Kolo     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Baruba     Basit Olatunji     Siraj Oyewale     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Yemi Sanni     Folorunsho Erubu     International Vocational Centre     SWAN     Kemi Adeosun     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Olohungbebe     United Nigeria Congress Party     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Ogbondoroko     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Ayinde Oki     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Oye Tinuoye     Royal FM     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Naira Redesign     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Funmilayo Mohammed     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Ronke Adeyemi     Agboola Babatunde     Biliaminu Aliu     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Dogara     General Hospital, Ilorin     V.O. Abioye     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Abdulkarim Adisa     Femi Oladiji     Facebook