Kaduna has mainstreamed mental health into primary, secondary care – Gov Sani 

Governor Uba Sani has disclosed that Kaduna State is the lone sub nationalist successful Nigeria that has integrated intelligence wellness into the superior and secondary wellness systems.

The Governor made this known astatine the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital(FNPH), Barnawa, Kaduna connected Friday, during the 2026 World Mental Health Day, themed “Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change.’’

Represented by the Commissioner of Health, Hajiya Umma K Ahmad, the Governor further disclosed that Kaduna State’s ‘’first cohort of 100 doctors, nurses and pharmacists, from 10 of our General Hospitals, has been certified nether the World Health Organization’s mhGAP programme.’’

According to Governor Uba Sani, intelligence wellness screening is present portion of the mean maternal and kid wellness services successful Kaduna State.

‘’We are extending services to each 30 General Hospitals and to superior wellness attraction facilities successful each 23 Local Government Areas, portion strengthening and expanding entree astatine the tertiary level,’’ helium added.

The Governor pointed retired that the effect of integrating intelligence wellness into superior and secondary wellness systems is simply a exemplary of attraction that is quality rights-focused, evidence-based and decentralised.

Describing the exemplary arsenic a planetary standard, helium said that it was built connected concern betwixt a Federal insti...