The Kano State Commissioner for Health, Dr Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, has stressed the importance of evidence-based planning and effective resource utilisation in strengthening malaria prevention and control across the state.
This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Primary Healthcare Management Board, Sa’adatu Suleiman, on Friday.
According to the statement, Yusuf made the remark while declaring open a three-day strategic workshop for the development of the 2027 Local Government Area Malaria Work Plan, held in Kaduna between August 19 and 21, 2026.
The commissioner, represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Pharmacist Aminu Bashir, said the workshop was aimed at strengthening evidence-based planning, resource allocation and implementation of malaria interventions across the state.
“This workshop is designed to strengthen evidence-based planning, resource allocation, utilisation and implementation of malaria intervention,” the commissioner was quoted as saying.
