SFH, Taraba govt train 122 frontline health workers on HIV

By Godwin Agia, Jalingo

The Society for Family Health (SFH), in collaboration with the Taraba State Primary Health Care Development Agency (TSPHCDA), has trained 122 frontline health workers to strengthen the state’s HIV response.
The training was conducted under the Paediatric Breakthrough Partnership (PBP) project, aimed at ensuring the sustainability of HIV services in primary health care (PHC) facilities as donor-funded programmes transition to government ownership.
Speaking to journalists in Jalingo, the Project Director, Dr Aisha Dadi, said the training held in February 2026 enhanced the capacity of health workers drawn from 37 PHC facilities across all 16 local government areas (LGAs) of the state to deliver integrated HIV services.
According to her, SFH, under the leadership of its Group Managing Director, Dr Omokhudu Idogho, is demonstrating what sustainable impact looks like by moving from co-creation to frontline implementation.
“Following a state-led co-creation process that established an integration blueprint for HIV services within Primary Health Care (PHC), SFH supported the Taraba State Government in operationalising this vision through targeted capacity-building for frontline health workers,” she said.
Dadi noted that the facilities were strategically selected based on client volume and service utilisation to ensure the intervention focused on high-burden, high-impact locations.