chima azubuike the gombe state ministry of health has donated 150 insecticide treated nets and medications to inmates in the states correctional facility speaking during the presentation of the relief items to inmates alongside officials of the society for family health gombe state health commissioner dr habu dahiru said the donation would go a long way in complementing the effort of government towards ensuring quality health and malaria prevention in the state other donated items include magnesium and ors salt dahiru said that the visit was to ensure inmates in correctional facilities get quality healthcare delivery adding that they are entitled to enjoy quality health services as inmates in the state recall that recently gombe state through the national malaria elimination programme started the distribution of 23 million itns that is part of measures by gombe state to tackle the burden of malaria dahiru said responding gombe state correctional service controller muhammad garba lauded the ministry and sfh for their efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of citizens of the state including inmates while assuring the team that the insecticidetreated nets would be used by the inmates garba also appeal for the donation of blood pressure checking apparatus as well as thermometers he said i want to assure that the equipment donated will be distributed to the inmates accordingly i also wish to request for bp apparatus and thermometers for the inmates speaking earlier project manager gombe state agency for the control of aids dr suraj abdulkarim described the gesture as a success and called on the stakeholders in the health sector to continue partnering with both government and nongovernmental organisations to improve the quality of health care services suraj added gomsaca will continue to contribute its quota to the inmates as we had done in the year 2019 especially to those who are living with hiv aids copyright punch all rights reserved this material and other digital content on this website may not be reproduced published broadcast rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from punch contact email protected