KANO DMCSA BULLETIN

By Farouk Isa Musa    In a bid to strengthen transparency, accountability, and operational efficiency in the management of health funds, the Kano State Health Trust Fund (KHETFUND) has successfully conducted a 2-day In-House Refresher Course on the Roles of Administration, Accounting, and Auditing Procedures in KHETFUND Operations In her opening remarks, Dr. Fatima Usman Zahraddeen, the Executive Secretary of KHETFUND, emphasized the importance of maintaining high standards of financial management in the health sector. “Sound administration and financial accountability are the bedrock of sustainable health financing. This refresher course is designed to realign our professionals with best practices and evolving standards in fund management.” The Executive Secretary further highlighted that the course is part of her agency’s broader initiative to promote sound financial management in the health sector. "With increasing demands on public health resources, it is cruci...

By Farouk Isa Musa   This is a pictorial documentation of the DG DMCSA Pharm. Gali Sule's trip to COPENHAGEN 2025 FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL PHARMACISTS (FIP) WORLD CONGRESS OF PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES currently taking place between 31st August to 3rd September in Copenhagen, Denmark.  This year’s Congress, with the theme: Pharmacy forward: Performance, Collaboration, and Health Transformation, is 83rd of its kind. During the trip, the DG was together with the Director Drugs & Supply, Pharm. Tukur Ibrahim. The Delegate Passes The DG DMCSA, Pharm. Gali Sule transitting at Doha airport in Qatar en route Copenhagen, Denmark, om 30th August 2025. Director Drugs & Supply, Pharm. Tukur Ibrahim at Doha Airport.  The DG together with Director Drugs & Supply  The DG (center) together with the Executive Secretary Borno...

By Farouk Isa Musa   The Director-General Kano State Drugs and Medical Consumables Supply Agency Pharm. Gali Sule, FPSN, and other delegation from across the country, has officially arrived Denmark to participate in the highly anticipated 83rd World Congress of Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Sciences, bringing with them a strong commitment to advancing pharmaceutical practice, healthcare innovation, and international collaboration. Organized by the Federation of International Pharmacists, this year's conference, titled Copenhagen 2025 FIP World Congress, is taking place between 31 August and 3rd September 2025. The theme of the event is Pharmacy forward: Performance, Collaboration, and Health Transformation. Shading more light on the congress, Pharm. Sule said the program "aims to explore the evolving role of the pharmacy profession in the context of modern healthcare challenges. It will also explore how pharmacists can drive forward the performance of ...

By Newsdesk The Kano State Ministry of Health has continued to demonstrate its strong commitment to tackling malnutrition with the successful commencement of Day 3 of the Development and Costing Workshop for the State-Level Rollout and Scale-up of the Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS) Roadmap 2025–2029. The workshop, chaired by the Honourable Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, brought together government officials, health experts, development partners, and civil society organizations to deliberate on strategic approaches that will improve nutrition outcomes, especially for women and children across Kano State. The main goal of the workshop, according to a press statement issued by Nabilusi Abubakar Kofar-Na’isa, the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry, is to support Kano State in adapting Nigeria’s National MMS Roadmap (2025–2029) to its unique realities and to develop a costed implementation plan that aligns with the state’s priorities, syste...

By Farouk Isa Musa   To reflect the current realities as in line with global best practices, the Kano State Ministry of Health, through the Sustainable Health Commodity Supply System Committee (SHCSS C), in collaboration with the UK Government's Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) Lafiya Programme, has organized a pivotal workshop aimed at reviewing the current Drug Revolving Fund (DRF) Pricing Policy.  The DRF is a critical financing mechanism designed to ensure the sustainable availability of essential medicines through a cost-recovery system. However, changing economic conditions, inflationary trends, and supply chain challenges have necessitated a comprehensive review of the existing pricing framework. Declaring the workshop opened, Pharm. Aminu Bashir, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, who was represented by Prof. Salisu Ibrahim Ahmad, the Director-General State Primary Health Care Management Board, spoke extensively on the si...

By Editor  In a decisive move to restrategize and improve the information dessimination and publicizing the activities carried out in the health sector in Kano State, the Ministry of Health has organized a strategic, high-level meeting held Friday at Emergency Operations Center, Muhammad Abdullahi Wase Teaching Hospital in the metropolis. The meeting, chaired by the Honourable Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf brought together all Public Relations Officers (PROs), Senior Special Reporters (SSRs), Special Reporters (SRs) working under rhe ministry and its agencies.  The session focused on reviewing existing communication strategies, identifying gaps, and adopting new approaches to enhance health awareness and information dissemination, as contained in a press statement issued by Aminu Ahmad Turaki, the Public Relations Officer of Kano State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency. Addressing the participants, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf under...