Kano Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje
Kano State Commissioner of Health, Dr Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa, has said the Drug Revolving fund (DRF) was a program put forward by the state government to ensure additional infrastructural development and improved human resources.
This was just as he also added that the periodic review of the guidelines is part of the requirement for successful programme implementation.
He made the statement on Monday during a workshop on DRF operational guideline review and dissemination of finding on Sustainable Drugs Supply System (SDSS) activity which was organized by Kano State Ministry of Health in collaboration with FCDO UK Lafiya Programme.
According to him, the Sustainable Drug Supply System Programme was implemented by the Kano State Government to ensure the availability and accessibility of qualitative drugs at all time.
Dr Tsanyawa commended the state government under the leadership of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for according healthcare a priority in the state government’s programmes and activities.
Speaking on the occasion, team lead of FCDO – UK Lafiya Programme who is the Health System Strengthening Coordination, Alh. Abubakar Tijjani said Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has supported Kano State to design, establish and implement sustainable Drugs Revolving Fund (DRF) scheme under the umbrella of SDSS in Kano State. The support is through its various programmes; PATHS, HCP, PATHS 2, MNCH2, and now Lafiya Programme.
He noted that in 2020, FCDO-Lafiya programme supported the state to conduct assessments (DRF and Rapid Price Survey) which helped in understanding the status of DRF system in the state and also inform the review of the state DRF operational guidelines (State SDSS Committee, DMCSA, SHCs, PHCs, and D&E Operational Guidelines) including the design of the 2021 open tender process of the state’s Drugs Management and Consumable Supply Agency (DMCSA).
He added that the findings from the analysis will also be used in finding a way of integrating the drug supply systems of the state’s free MCH drugs, the state social health insurance agency’s drugs supply system, the DRF scheme as well as the Basic Health Care Provision Funds programme.
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