Across Nigeria, billions of naira have been invested in revitalising primary healthcare centres as part of efforts to strengthen healthcare delivery, reduce maternal and child deaths and bring essential medical services closer to communities. In Kaduna State, the Narayi Primary Health Care Centre stands as one of the beneficiaries of this intervention, with residents and health workers pointing to improved infrastructure, expanded services, increased staffing and round-the-clock healthcare delivery as evidence of progress, DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE writes
Balancing her three-month-old baby carefully on her back, Tina Julius navigated the muddy road leading to Narayi Primary Health Care Centre in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The morning rain had left deep puddles along the route, forcing mothers carrying babies to tread cautiously towards the facility.
For Tina, however, the difficult journey was still preferable to what she endured a few years ago.
Back then, accessing healthcare often meant travelling long
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