Jonathan has repositioned health sector – PDP

The party in a statement yesterday by its national publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh, said the last four years of the administration witnessed an aggressive reorganisation of the health ministry and its parastatals as well as rehabilitation and re-equipping of federal medical institutions including all teaching hospitals.“We recall that President Goodluck Jonathan had in 2010 launched […]

The party in a statement yesterday by its national publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh, said the last four years of the administration witnessed an aggressive reorganisation of the health ministry and its parastatals as well as rehabilitation and re-equipping of federal medical institutions including all teaching hospitals.
“We recall that President Goodluck Jonathan had in 2010 launched the National Strategic Health Development Plan (2010-2015) which clearly spelt out government’s plans in that very important sector. Four years down the line, the project has been pursued with vigour and unquestionable commitment and the results are palpable.
“Using the Saving One Million Lives Initiative and National Health Insurance Scheme, it is incontrovertible that in the last four years of Jonathan Presidency, Nigerians have more access to adequate and affordable health care, resulting in a record increase in life expectancy in the nation.
The party added: “Indeed, over a million lives have been saved directly under the Saving One Million Lives initiative by scaling up cost-effective interventions in maternal and child health care, nutrition, prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV, malaria control and eradication of polio.”