Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Faisal Shuaib during the facility tour and donation of delivery kits and Mama kits to primary health care centres in Akwa, recently.
The Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr Vincent Okpala, says for there to be stability in the health sector, there must be functional Primary Healthcare (PHC) system.
Dr Okpala said this in the 2019 second quarter review meeting of Chief Executives of State Primary Healthcare Development Boards (PHCDBS), held in Awka, the Anambra state capital.
The event had in attendance executive director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, and all executive secretaries of the 36 states PHCDBS in Nigeria.
The commissioner said that Anambra was doing all it could to capture every population through the PHC scheme.
He praised the leadership of the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ASPHCDA) for its doggedness and result-oriented programmes that were instrumental to child survival and development.
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He said that the Health Ministry, ASPHCDA and the Anambra State Health Insurance Agency (ASHIA) were working together to ensure adequate healthcare delivery system in the state.
He commended efforts of the executive director of NPHCDA, saying that the country was lucky to have someone like him.
The commissioner lauded the doggedness of the executive secretary, ASPHCDA, Dr Chioma Ezenyimulu, and all 36 states executive secretaries of PHCDBS, saying that their jobs were important in the healthcare industry.
He enjoined them to continue doing the good work as they get back to their various locations.
The NPHCDA executive director, Dr Shuaib, noted that the Primary Healthcare Agency and Health Insurance Agency were gateways to strengthening the health sector.
According to him, both bodies working together as partners could be used to deliver dividends of democracy to all citizens of Anambra.
I am sure that with the initial step you have taken as commissioner for health, the Anambra state health sector will grow in leaps and bounds.
In the north, there is an adage that says it is from Wednesday that you will know how Friday will look like.
From the way you have started, we have no doubt that you will leave the health sector at a greater standard than the way you get it,’’ he said.
Dr Shuaib enjoined the commissioner to keep focused on the task ahead, knowing full well that if the PHC was strengthened, it would create more access for Anambra citizens to basic healthcare.
Earlier, Chairman, Executive Secretaries, Dr Adis Mohammed noted that it was rare to see harmonious relationship exist between Health Ministry and PHC Agency.
We hope that peace and unity in Anambra will continue for the betterment and good health of all the people.
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