PHC: FG disburses N45bn, revitalises 2,600 health facilities

The federal ministry of health has disbursed  N45 billion to  primary health care services in the country and revitalised 2,600 healthcare facilities, the Coordinating Minister of health and social welfare , Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate has said. He stated this Wednesday in Abuja during the first-ever sector-wide Joint Annual Health Review ( JAR) organised by […]

The federal ministry of health has disbursed  N45 billion to  primary health care services in the country and revitalised 2,600 healthcare facilities, the Coordinating Minister of health and social welfare , Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate has said.

He stated this Wednesday in Abuja during the first-ever sector-wide Joint Annual Health Review ( JAR) organised by the ministry.

He said the ministry had also allocated financial and human resources across over 8,000 primary healthcare centers via the Basic Health Care  Provision Fund (HCPF).

He said the federal government had, also with the help of partners,  mobilised more than $3 billion  in complementary funding, including $2.1 billion  confirmed,  noting that it supplements the efforts of the federal government.

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While saying that the ministry  set a target to retrain 120,000 frontline health workers in alignment with Mr. President’s commitment to strengthening the health workforce, he added that  so far, more than 40,000 workers have received training.

Prof . Pate also said that data from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) reveals a 16.7% reduction in under-five mortality between 2018 and 2023, and  that the country has  also recorded a 40% reduction in diarrheal diseases, a 24% reduction in tuberculosis, and a 12% reduction in HIV prevalence.

The Minister of State, Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako  said the Joint Annual Review (JAR) is a vital instrument for health sector stakeholders to assess programme performance, evaluate resource distribution, and review outcomes or issues that need to be addressed to improve performance.

The Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) and  Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma said one of the landmark initiatives introduced by the federal government to enhance safety and efficiency in the health sector is the sector-wide approach, saying it  promotes one budget, one plan, one conversation, and one report.