Plateau Government has made plans to provide free medical care for 200,000 residents which consists of the screening for non-communicable diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.
It was disclosed on Monday by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Cletus Shukuk, during the official launch of “Project 10 Million; Know Your Number, Control Your Number.”
He further noted that the programme was in line with the national campaign of the Nigeria Health Commissioners Forum to reduce the high rate of non-communicable diseases.
He emphasized on the importance of public awareness on hypertension and diabetes that will serve as a guide to educate the public.
He said that the project will aid in the provision of immediate counseling, referral and link of the diagnosed patients to treatment centers.
“The project would support the creation of a hypertension and diabetes register and, in turn, improve data collection, which would enhance health care policies and planning.
“The screening will be conducted in the 17 local government areas and will be done in selected primary and secondary health care facilities.
“I wish to call on the people of the state to avail themselves for the screening exercise to enable them to know their blood pressure and blood sugar level status.”