Abia to get FG’s N2bn Basic Healthcare Provision Fund
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Dr. John Ahukanna, the Commissioner for Health in Abia, said on
Monday that the state would get over N2 billion from the Federal
Government’s Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHPF).
Ahukanna said this in Umuahia during the inauguration of the World
Bank Primary Healthcare Center (WBPHC), which was revamped through the
72-hour Clinic Makeover programme under the state’s Challenge
Initiative in Umuahia.
He said that the money from the fund would be utilised to renovate,
refurbish and equip the 292 primary healthcare centres in the state.
He said that the centres would wear a new look for effective health
care delivery in Abia as soon as the fund became operational.
The commissioner said: “It is going to be applied in our primary
healthcare centres for the transformation of healthcare delivery at the
primary healthcare level.
“It would be used to ensure the provision of regular electricity
supply, potable water at the primary healthcare centers and free drugs
for individuals that are registered.
“It is expected that immediately the BHPF kicks off, all the 292
primary healthcare centres in the state will wear a completely new look,
which is aimed at serving us better.
Ahukanna added that the BHPF would further solidify federal
government’s efforts aimed at transforming the nation’s health sector.
He described the commencement of the 72-hour clinic makeover
programme, an urban reproductive health programme funded by Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation in the state, as a welcome development.
Ahukanna said that the transformation of the WBPHC was an indication
that through diligence and commitment, the people’s need for quality
healthcare delivery could be met.
“This is the beginning of many things that will happen to health
centres in Abia,” he said, adding that the makeover programme was being
replicated in other six primary healthcare centres, simultaneously.
Also, Mrs Ngozi Uwasomba, the Secretary of Health Authority in
Umuahia North Primary Healthcare Development Agency, said that the
72-hour clinic makeover programme was aimed at enhancing the capacity of
healthcare centres and health workers.
Uwasomba said that the concept of 72-hour clinic makeover was for
selected health facilities, adding that it was an initiative worthy of
emulation.
Dr. Chinagozi Adindu, the Executive Secretary of the Primary
Healthcare Board, told journalists on the sideline of the ceremony, that
the state-of-the-art equipment in the revamped facility would greatly
improve healthcare delivery in the state.
Adindu said that the programme would guarantee easy access to quality
healthcare services, capable of contributing immensely to the reduction
of mortality and morbidity rates in the state.
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