The general public, especially parents and caregivers have been informed that all Primary Health Care Centres (PHCs) remain open throughout the country, including states with a lockdown order.
A statement by the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer , National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Faisal Shuaib said the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country should not affect the routine services provided by the PHCs.
Governments at the national, state and local levels, he said, have put in place measures for safe delivery of all Primary Health Care services at the PHC centres.
He therefore urged parents and caregivers to continue, as usual, to take their children to the PHCs closest to them for immunization, growth monitoring, ante natal care, child birth and all other PHC related service delivery.
Dr. Shuaib advised all caregivers, health workers and Nigerians to obey all government guidelines on social distancing, frequent hand washing with soap and water, self isolation, etc throughout the period of COVID-19 outbreak.
