FG determined to meet universal health coverage ― Minister of Health FG determined to meet universal health coverage ― Minister of Health
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Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said the attainment of universal health coverage (UHC) is a high priority for the government.
Ehanire who spoke in Abuja, on Wednesday, at an interaction with journalists to commemorate the World UHC Day added that reforms were already happening to make quality services available to more people, with stronger financial risk protection.
UHC Day is marked annually on December 12.
This year’s theme is ‘Health for all: Protect Everyone’.
Ehanire stressed that though the country has poor health indices, the Federal Government is committed to repositioning the healthcare sector to ensure all Nigerians have access to the quality healthcare they need without falling into poverty.
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The recent eradication of wild polio virus from Nigeria says a lot about human resilience and the capacity to achieve much with little resources when there is genuine determination to succeed. It also shows how further the country could go in terms of attaining the universal health coverage, given the right funding.
Ending the dreaded disease has been quite a feat by the Federal Ministry of Health through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) which, working in synergy with other stakeholders like development partners, states and local government authorities, brought about several innovations and programmes to bear on the operations of the primary health care sub-sector. Programmes like the National Emergency Routine Immunization Coordination Centre (NERICC) and the Community Health Influencers, Promoters and Services (CHIPS) did not only contribute to the eventual victory over the virus
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Olalekan Osiade, Special Assistant on Information to the Governor of Ogun State writes that the state’s next fiscal year will follow the same pattern of an inclusive approach which has always allowed the people to make inputs and take ownership of the budget
“The main thrust of our capital spending programme in 2021 is the completion of many ongoing and new projects as possible across the State. Accordingly, we have prioritised projects that can be rapidly completed to benefit our people.
Those were the words of the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, while presenting the 2021 budget to the state House of Assembly on Wednesday, where he emphasised the need to improve on the welfare of the people.