PHC: Osun qualifies for $500,000 ‘saving one million lives’ fund

Osun State has attained the nine pillars of primary healthcare under one roof and qualified for the $500,000 US dollars of the Federal Ministry of Health under the Saving One Million Lives Fund. Dr Kayode Ogunniyi, Executive Secretary of the Osun State Primary Health Care Development Board (OSPHCDB) stated this in Osogbo, at the validation […]

Osun State has attained the nine pillars of primary healthcare under one roof and qualified for the $500,000 US dollars of the Federal Ministry of Health under the Saving One Million Lives Fund.

Dr Kayode Ogunniyi, Executive Secretary of the Osun State Primary Health Care Development Board (OSPHCDB) stated this in Osogbo, at the validation of the Minimum Service Package and the Operation Guidelines Documents for the OSPHCDB in the state.

The validation was supported by the United States Agency for International Development through its Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project.

He said the state was already qualified for basic healthcare provision fund  which is about $2.4million US dollars for delivery of basic healthcare for the people at the grassroots in the state, particularly children under age five, pregnant women, the elderly people and others that are vulnerable.

Ogunniyi commended the state governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, for the payment of the N100 million counterpart fund which was the condition for the release of the basic healthcare provision fund.

The State Programme Coordinator of USAID-HFG project in Osun, Mr AbdulKareem Ismaila, expressed delight over the cooperation received from the health officials and stakeholders in the state towards achieving the objective.