Nigeria, Dec. 13 -- Yobe State has emerged as the overall winner of Nigeria's Primary Health Care (PHC) Leadership Challenge, outperforming other states in an independently verified assessment.

The assessment measures governance, financing, service delivery and accountability within PHC systems.

The award was announced at the PHC Leadership Challenge Awards and Gala Night organised by the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF), in collaboration with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and development partners, including the Gates Foundation, UNICEF and the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The annual challenge, which rewards measurable improvements in state-level PHC performance, aims to strengthen accountability, peer ...