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Health

Primary health care, hospitals, specialist services and health insurance.

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LGAs reached
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A dialysis machine beside a treatment chair
Health
Completed

24/7 kidney dialysis centre

A public dialysis centre now runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so kidney patients no longer travel out of the state for treatment.

Katsina₦681m
Health workers in scrubs at the nurses' station as Governor Dikko Umaru Radda tours a newly opened malnutrition stabilisation centre, April 2026
Health268of 361 wardsPHCs upgraded
Ongoing

268 primary health centres upgraded

PHCs upgraded towards one functional centre per ward, with some raised to general hospital standard, backed by ₦26.7 billion for health infrastructure.

Statewide
Unveiling of the commissioning plaque at Dandume General Hospital, July 2026
Health
Completed

Dandume's first General Hospital

Dandume LGA's first General Hospital was commissioned in July 2026, with its full staff already employed, many of them from Dandume itself.

Dandume
Governor Dikko Umaru Radda speaks at the commissioning of Zango General Hospital, August 2026
Health4Centres upgraded to General Hospitals
Completed

Zango General Hospital, the LGA's first

Upgraded from a Comprehensive Health Centre, Zango's first General Hospital opened in August 2026, part of a programme that has turned four health centres into General Hospitals.

Zango
An operating theatre with a surgical table and overhead lights
Health
Completed

Modern operating theatres in major hospitals

Theatres upgraded at General Amadi Rimi Specialist Hospital, Turai Umar Yar'Adua Maternal and Children Hospital and General Hospital Katsina.

Katsina
A blood pressure check at the flag-off of Basic Health Care Provision Fund enrolment, General Hospital Katsina, August 2026
Health583,460Enrollees
Ongoing

Health insurance covers 583,460 people

Enrolment in the state contributory health scheme rose from about 355,000 in 2023 to 583,460 in 2026.

Statewide
State officials with the Siemens Healthineers team working on the Katsina imaging and cancer hospital, April 2026
Health₦13.08bnContract value
Ongoing

Advanced diagnostic imaging centre

A diagnostic imaging centre the government describes as among the most advanced in Northern Nigeria is nearing completion.

Katsina₦13.1bn
A man gives a small child something by mouth
Health2,216,573Children immunised
Completed

Over 2 million children vaccinated

Mass immunisation reached over two million children, supported by partners including World Medical Relief.

Statewide
Ribbon-cutting at the opening of a malnutrition stabilisation centre, April 2026
Health2Stabilisation centres
Completed

2 malnutrition stabilisation centres and 60 OTP sites

Stabilisation centres in Daura and Baure and 60 outpatient therapeutic sites in 12 LGAs give free treatment to children with severe acute malnutrition.

14 LGAs
Officials and newly recruited primary health care workers at their induction ceremony, February 2026
Health1,020Health workers inducted
Completed

1,020 frontline health workers recruited on merit

Thirty workers from each of the 34 LGAs were selected through exams and interviews from 9,045 applicants and inducted into primary health care in February 2026.

Statewide
A tricycle ambulance, one of 361 tricycles assembled for wards and health workers, June 2026
Health361Tricycles, one per ward
Ongoing

361 tricycles, one for every ward

Tricycles, including tricycle ambulances, are being assembled for all 361 wards to help health workers reach remote communities and support local government supervision.

Statewide
New Katsina State ambulances arrive on car-carrier trucks
Health15Ambulances
Completed

15 new ambulances for emergency care

Fifteen newly procured ambulances were received in January 2026 for deployment to key health facilities and emergency response units.

Statewide
Surgeons in blue scrubs perform an operation
Health254Health professionals recruited
Ongoing

254 health professionals recruited and specialist residency training begun

Doctors' pay was raised, and residency programmes in obstetrics, paediatrics and family medicine started in Katsina.

Katsina
A hospital room with three beds and medical equipment
Health
Completed

Faskari becomes a General Hospital; Kafur, Rimi and Kankia upgraded

Secondary hospitals were renovated, and the Psychiatric Hospital and Nursing College moved to permanent sites.

5 LGAs
A health worker in blue scrubs with a stethoscope around the neck
Health7Hospitals digitised
Completed

Electronic health records in seven pilot hospitals

₦244.4 million digitised patient records to improve efficiency and data management.

Statewide₦244m
Shelves of boxed and bottled medicines
Health₦3.33bnMedicines distributed
Completed

₦3.33 billion of medicines and a pharma-grade warehouse

The Drugs and Medical Supply Agency stocked facilities and, with the Global Fund, built pharma-grade storage.

Statewide₦4.1bn
Tablets tumble in a pharmaceutical production machine
Health₦1.7bnContract value
Ongoing

Northern Nigeria's first pharmaceutical production unit

A ₦1.7 billion contract to build and equip a unit to make medicines in Katsina.

Statewide₦1.7bn
A doctor checks a patient's blood pressure
Health₦397mFree Medicare funding
Completed

Free Medicare for antenatal care, childbirth and dialysis

Antenatal care, deliveries, caesarean sections and dialysis remain free for vulnerable residents.

Statewide₦397m
Hospital beds, stretchers and wheelchairs ready for distribution to health facilities
Health$10mEquipment donated
Completed

$10 million of hospital equipment from World Medical Relief

International partners donated hospital equipment, with ten more containers coming from ProjectCURE.

Statewide
Unveiling of the commissioning plaque at Dandume General Hospital, July 2026
Health14General hospitals secured
Approved

₦703m to secure 14 general hospitals in frontline LGAs

Higher perimeter fences, rebuilt walls and barbed wire for 14 general hospitals, approved in July 2025 with an upgrade of Mai'adua to a General Hospital.

13 LGAs₦703m
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