Abia Govt, QANTUS Medical Foundation to Train State Health Workers

The Abia State Government has said that it is partnering with QANTUS Medical Foundation, a US – based medical group to train health workers of all categories in the State.

This, it noted is a strategic move by the government to sustain the momentum in healthcare capacity building.

The Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu disclosed this on Monday, in Umuahia, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting.

A cross section of journalists at the Exco briefing

Kanu said that the collaboration is aimed at ensuring that health workers embrace best practises in the delivery of healthcare services.

The Commissioner also informed that 53 fully equipped Primary Healthare Centres (PHCs) under the “Project Ekwueme” will soon be operationalised by the Ministry of Health.

He informed that the Abia State Q2 Health Pilot Project has commenced at some selected hospitals and PHCs across the state, saying that it is designed to improve healthcare delivery in the state.

Kanu also disclosed that the State recorded 96 percent success in the just concluded the Measles and Rubella vaccination campaign that was flagged off on February 3, 2026, thereby exceeding the health target of 95 percent.

“The campaign took place across all the schools in the state and other social institutions across the state,” he said.

“Over 8,000 groups were involved in the exercise. Currently, we are collecting the raw numbers across the state.”

Responding to questions, the Commissioner for Health, Professor Enoch Uche noted that the partnership with QANTUS Medical Foundation has experts who go around to help in health systems by training doctors, nurses, pharmacists, other health workers on how to adopt a culture change that helps them to offer the best services to the people.

“This is meant to ensure that the communications are clear, and that healthcare workers are able to adopt behaviours and skills and match them to be able to give the best healthcare to the people,”

“So it is across all levels of healthcare, but it is to be phased. So the first time we’re going to start with doctors and nurses, then we’ll cascade down. It’s a top-to-down approach. Cascade down to those at the local government levels.”

Professor Uche used the opportunity to call on Abians, particularly parents, to always ensure that their children are vaccinated.

According to him, vaccines are safe, as they are preserved according to the safety protocols of vaccine preservations.