Bauchi State Government said it had spent N221.5 million on various health projects and programmes under the Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA), within its 100 days in Office. Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Yahaya Yerima made this known on Saturday in Bauchi while fielding questions from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Yerima disclosed that N160 million was paid as counterpart fund to Bill & Melinda Gates and Dangote Foundations for boosting of routine immunization in the state. He said that N9.4 million was spent on the control of 2015 cholera epidemic recorded in Bauchi, Ganjuwa, Toro, Bogoro, Shira and Tafawa Balewa Local Government Areas of the state.

Yerima said that N87 million was spent on the purchase of essential drugs for distribution to various hospitals in the state. He stated that the state recorded 9,000 cases of gastroenteritis (stomach flu), as against 93,000 cases recorded in 2014. Yerima said that the drop in the figure followed the timely release of fund by the state government to control the spread of the disease. He however said that no single death was recorded as a result of the outbreak of the disease, adding that surveillance teams were currently monitoring the situation. (NAN)