By Sadiq Mohd, Zaria Kaduna State has again proved it's stance as a leading pace-setter in health sector reform anchored on...
By Sadiq Mohd, Zaria
Kaduna State has again proved it's stance as a leading pace-setter in health sector reform anchored on equity, accountability, and data intelligence.
This was made known at the 2025 Africa Health Forum, 2-day summit held in Abuja.
The summit with the theme "Reimagining Primary Health Care for Universal Health Coverage and Health Security in Africa,” attracted prominent health leaders, policy experts and development partners across African countries.
Prof. Bello Yusuf Jamoh, Executive Secretary, Kaduna state Primary Health Care Board emerged as one of the leading voice at the summit laying bare the human resource crisis afflicting Africa’s primary health systems and proposed bold and actionable reforms.
The Executive Secretary who featured on one of the panels: “Revitalizing the Frontline: Results-Driven Approaches to Address HRH Deficits for Improved PHC Service Delivery.” spoke widely on data-backed insight and impassioned advocacy towards achieving better result.
He highlighted efforts made by the Kaduna state government on the deployment of digital tools for health workforce mapping, incentive-driven staffing models, and the CHIPS (Community Health Influencers and Promoters) program that continues to bridge last-mile delivery gaps
"We are at a point where patchwork won’t do, Kaduna has chosen to disrupt dysfunction. We are rebuilding our PHC ecosystem from the ground up—because when frontline workers are empowered, the entire system comes alive.” Prof Jamoh noted.
The Executive Secretary observed that the real enemy of progress is comfort with mediocrity. "At the Kaduna State Primary Health Care Board, we are pushing past that. Under the strategic leadership of Governor Uba Sani, we are investing in people, in systems, and in the dignity of the communities we serve." He said.
Prof Jamoh stated that for Africa’s health narrative to be transformed, solutions must be localize, workforce professionalized, and transparency institutionalize.
He added that anything less is a betrayal of the millions of people who depend on public health systems to survive and thrive.
Participants at the forum lauded Kaduna state on its robous health care reform, with delegates from Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, and Côte d'Ivoire expressing interest in adapting Kaduna’s innovations to their respective contexts.
What Kaduna is doing isn’t just admirable,” said a WHO technical advisor at the event. “It’s replicable. It’s the kind of political will and administrative courage the entire continent urgently needs.”
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