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The Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) in its bid to further boost primary healthcare services of State, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu revealed that the administration has sought the service of over 203 midwives and community health extension workers from the defunct Midwives Service Scheme and Sure-P programmes .
The minister,disclosed this on Thursday while launching a 12 kilowatts power volsus solar for health mini-grid for primary healthcare centres in Karu, and also maintained that though the state of FCT PHC infrastructure by 2018 was adjudged unacceptably poor with achievement of only 30 percent of required minimum human resources for Primary Healthcare, the administration has articulated a 3-year costed PHC Infrastructure Rehabilitation Plan involving over 100 of the 247 PHC facilities across the six Area Councils to change the narratives.
Represented by the Acting Secretary of FCT Primary Healthcare Board, Dr. Iwot Ndaeyo, the minister noted that PHC infrastructure, electricity, water supply, vaccines storage and sanitary waste management system form the performing elements used by the World Health Organisations to evaluate Health Care Access and Quality Index Assessment.
Aliyu, while calling on primary healthcare stakeholders to come in and support the PHC scheme development in the next 3 years and beyond, also stated that the Federal Capital Territory Administration is set for partners.
In a statement issued by her Special Assistant Media, Austine Elemue, the minister said: “In the FCT, the state of PHC infrastructure by 2018 was adjudged unacceptably poor with achievement of only 30 percent of required minimum human resources for Primary Healthcare. However, it is gratifying to note that, we have articulated a 3-year costed PHC Infrastructure Rehabilitation Plan involving over 100 of the 247 PHC facilities across the six Area Councils.
“And to further boost our primary healthcare, 203 midwives and community health extension workers from the defunct Midwives Service Scheme and Sure-P programmes are being employed by the FCT Administration. The FCTA is set for partners and PHC stakeholders to come in and support our PHC scheme development in the next 3 years and beyond.”
The minister, however, commended the Volsus Energy for this initiative, especially for partnering with the Federal Ministry of Power in this Volsus Solar for Health (VSFH) programme, reiterating that the initiative was a clear demonstration of a successful inter-departmental and inter-sectoral collaboration which is one of the key principles of PHC scheme.
In addition , she said that the programme was designed to enhance sustainable alternative energy system for the PHC system in Nigeria using sustainable, cost effective technology
Fatimah Oyesanmi
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