08/03/2026
Kano Govt Reviews Last-Mile Delivery of Essential Medicines Across 44 LGAs
The Kano State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with Capacity 4 Sustainable Development (C4SD), has held an Integrated Last-Mile Delivery (iLMD) and Data Review Meeting involving Essential Drug Officers (EDOs) and Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Coordinators drawn from the 44 Local Government Areas of the state.
The engagement brought together critical stakeholders in the health sector, including representatives of the Drugs and Medical Consumables Supply Agency (DMCSA), Hospitals Management Board and the Kano State Primary Health Care Management Board, to strengthen efficiency, accountability and transparency in the distribution of essential medicines and family planning commodities to health facilities across the state.
Speaking at the meeting, the Director General of DMCSA, Gali Sule, who chaired the session, stressed the importance of reliable data and coordinated logistics systems in ensuring uninterrupted access to essential medicines and reproductive health commodities.
He noted that strengthening the Integrated Last-Mile Delivery system remains a critical strategy for improving healthcare service delivery and reducing preventable maternal and child mortality across Kano State.
Also speaking, the Director General of the Kano State Primary Health Care Management Board, Salisu Ibrahim Ahmad, reiterated the government’s commitment to ensuring that essential medicines and health commodities reach the last mile where they are most needed.
Earlier in his remarks, the Director of Pharmaceutical Services at the Kano State Ministry of Health, Kamilu Mudi Salisu, urged participants to intensify efforts toward improving data quality and supply chain performance in order to justify the investments made by development partners in strengthening the state’s health system.
The Reproductive Health and Family Planning Coordinator of the ministry, Aisha Barka, described the review meeting as a vital platform for strengthening collaboration between programme units and improving the management of life-saving commodities across health facilities.
Other speakers at the meeting, including the Director of Public Health, Ibrahim Aliyu, and the Director of Planning, Research and Statistics, Muhammad Nura Yahaya, emphasized the importance of accurate, timely and complete data reporting for effective health planning and decision-making.
The meeting also examined the stock status of health facilities and the benefits of distributing health commodities from the DMCSA central store and zonal warehouses directly to facilities across the state.
While outlining the next steps, the Director of Health Commodities and Logistics of the Primary Health Care Management Board, Abdullahi A. Danzabuwa, stressed the need for participants to implement agreed action points in order to achieve the objectives of the meeting and further strengthen the state’s health supply chain system.
