Some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri have lauded the free medical programme initiated by the Presidential Committee for North-East Initiative (PCNI). PCNI had conducted a 7-day free medical treatment for 2, 000 persons displaced by Boko Haram insurgency in Maiduguri, the host community. Tumsa said that the exercise was designed to enable displaced persons to access free treatment and medical services under its healthcare outreach. The vice chairman said that the exercise was part of a comprehensive programme aimed at the improvement of health status of the displaced persons in the war ravaged region. According to him, the medical outreach was conducted in collaboration with the Borno Government and an NGO, Pro- Health International.

Source: The Guardian January 12, 2018 14:26 UTC