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News Nigeria » Sokoto » Health: Special Report - Inside Sokoto's Fight Against Polio Vaccine Hesitancy

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/special-report-inside-sokotos-fight-against-polio-vaccine-hesitancy/ar-AA24xDnU
Published on: Sunday 31 May 2026

Volunteer Community Mobilisers (VCMs), traditional rulers, and other volunteers have formed a line of defence in communities, helping track and identify unvaccinated children and report suspected ...

News Nigeria » Sokoto » Health: Sokoto leads health reform, partners UNFPA for coverage

News channel or source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/05/sokoto-leads-health-reform-partners-unfpa-for-coverage/
Published on: Friday 01 May 2026

SOKOTO — The Sokoto State Government has convened its 8th State Council on Health Meeting, positioning itself at the forefront of efforts to accelerate Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Nigeria. The ...

News Nigeria » Sokoto » Health: Nigeria: African Development Bank Approves $46 Million to Transform Healthcare in Sokoto State

News channel or source: https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/africa-press-releases/nigeria-african-development-bank-approves-46-million-to-transform-healthcare-in-sokoto-state-gbmrjsn2
Published on: Thursday 31 July 2025

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $46 million loan to finance the Sokoto State Health Infrastructure Project, a transformative initiative ...

News Nigeria » Sokoto » Health: Nigeria: Sokoto, Unicef Forge Strategic Front Against Child Malnutrition

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202604200221.html
Published on: Saturday 18 April 2026

The Sokoto State Ministry of Health and the Sokoto State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, in collaboration with UNICEF Sokoto Field Office, have officially handed over critical nutrition ...

News Nigeria » Sokoto » Health: Nigeria’s second-chance schools: women balancing study and survival

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/nigeria-s-second-chance-schools-women-balancing-study-and-survival/ar-AA24MjVb
Published on: Wednesday 03 June 2026

Women in northern Nigeria return to school after years out, but must balance childcare, duties and costs.

News Nigeria » Sokoto » Health: Sokoto assembly summons health commissioner over missing hospital equipment

News channel or source: https://www.pulse.ng/story/sokoto-assembly-summons-health-commissioner-over-missing-hospital-equipment-2024072704261175182
Published on: Tuesday 14 May 2024

Sokoto State House of Assembly on Tuesday summoned the State Commissioner of Health, Hajiya Asabe Balarabe, to appear before its Committee, due to non-compliance with its previous invitations. Alhaji ...

News Nigeria » Sokoto » Health: Sokoto’s prowling partnerships in confronting malnutrition, child healthcare

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/sokoto-s-prowling-partnerships-in-confronting-malnutrition-child-healthcare/ar-AA23paLS
Published on: Sunday 17 May 2026

By Ibrahim HassanBefore the coming of Governor Ahmed Aliyu, Sokoto State faced some of the most serious public health challenges in Northern Nigeria, particularly in the areas of child malnutrition, ...

News Nigeria » Sokoto » Health: Universal health coverage: Sokoto’s unflattering example

News channel or source: https://thenationonlineng.net/universal-health-coverage-sokotos-unflattering-example/
Published on: Wednesday 26 October 2022

Many countries have identified Universal Health Coverage (UHC) as the goal for their health systems, and health financing reforms are at the core of strategies to move in this direction. UHC itself ...

News Nigeria » Sokoto » Health: Sokoto governor approves posting of 98 midwives to health centres

News channel or source: https://www.pulse.ng/story/aminu-tambuwal-sokoto-governor-approves-posting-of-98-midwives-to-health-centres-2024080222431971142
Published on: Thursday 19 January 2017

He said that the midwives were those who recently graduated from the Sokoto State College of Nursing Sciences and Midwifery. Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has approved the deployment of 98 ...