The Edo State Government has made malaria testing and treatment free in all government hospitals across the state as part of measures to improve access to healthcare.
The Special Adviser to Governor Monday Okpebholo on Health, Dr Andrew Iyamu, disclosed this on Wednesday in Benin City while speaking at the state government’s monthly briefing.
Iyamu said the governor approved the policy to ensure that residents could access malaria treatment without financial constraints.
He said the administration has also renovated 65 Primary Health Centres across the 18 local government areas and 35 Secondary Health Centres, while efforts were being intensified to improve healthcare delivery and tackle substandard health facilities, quackery and fake drugs.
Iyamu, who was flanked by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Kassim Afegbua; Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Chris Okaeben; and the Executive Secretary of the Edo State Drugs and Health Commodity Agency, Princess Kenny Okojie, said
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