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Fellow Nigerians,
It has become necessary to issue this clarion call to action to all well-meaning Nigerians, in view of the continued reportage of the plan by the Federal Ministry of Health to "Construct 10,000 PHC facilities" in the country, under the current financial year and as part of the 2016 budget being considered for appropriation by the National Assembly.
It is on record that the challenge facing the health system at all levels and at the PHC level in Nigeria is evidently not the absence of facilities or gross inadequacy at any level. Studies and assessments abound to show that the sector suffers more from issues such as:
I) Poor and sub-standard infrastructure and facilities
ii) Absence of equipment and basic utilities
iii) Severe shortage of human resources
iV) Lack of medical commodities
v) Poor financing for systems strengthening and operations among others.
Instructively some of these studies were commissioned by the Government itself or by partners such as GAVI and the World Bank.
In addition to the above, similar interventions in the recent past have typically ended in scams and controversies. The mandate of the FGN in constructing PHC facilities is also questionable.
Given its CHANGE mantra, the present Government has no business doing "Business as Usual" by attempting to go on yet another jamboree of building 10,000 Primary Health Centres.
Recent National Service Delivery Indicators show that the average utilisation of the existing PHCs is a miserable 1.4 patients per day!
What Nigeria needs, is to ensure that the currently existing 20,000 PHCs (of which only 20% are functional-4,000 PHCs) distributed across the 10,000 wards are made functional by providing adequate staffing, basic equipment and necessary medicines and other health commodities.
At a "Future of Health" Conference held in Abuja in 2015 (featuring speakers such as the former Minister of State for Health, Dr Muhammed Pate, State Commissioners for Health, and notable Leaders in Healthcare from both Public, Private and Social Sectors), the Director of Primary Health Care Systems at the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmEBoHf17Zw
stated categorically that:
"Being functional doesn't mean building new facilities. We are not recommending that".
It is in light of the above, that I call on concerned Nigerians to take up this challenge and mobilize the Civil Society especially those active in the Health Sector to act against this potential monumental disservice to the people of Nigeria.
This planned intervention is without any iota of doubt, a misplacement of priority and an attempt to misuse very scarce resources. It MUST BE STOPPED by all who have at heart, the interest of the Health Sector and the welfare of Nigerians.
This is the time for all well-meaning individuals and organisations to stand up and be counted on the side of the Nigerian People.
NIGERIANS SAY NO TO WASTE: EQUIP, DON'T BUILD 10,000 NEW PHCs!
Sincere Regards
Adamu Imam
Independent Consultant
Program Management and Organizational Performance.
NB
Please see link below for more info on the government plans.
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Spending of public fund that will not have meaningful impact in the lives of citizenry is tantamount to corruption. What an irony of a government that is fighting against corruption. Every sane person will know that it will be a waste of resources to build more PHCs whereas the earlier built ones are not functional. Or are building to compensate their political friends?
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We are not in support of building new health centres when there are existing ones. We suggest that the existing ones be equipped with personnel and the necessary equipment. Building (and equipping) new ones will require more funds, and this is nothing but a waste of resources.
NO TO WASTE: EQUIP,DON'T BUILD NEW PHCs IN NIGERIA
Let's the Government equipt the existing PHCs first,before embarking on building new.The aim of establishing PHCs is not about the quantity but the quality
NO TO WASTE
This government is believed to be committed to change, not propaganda or jamboree. There is no point building new primary health centres when the existing ones are in near comatose condition, just to impress people or make a statement. Change means doing what is right, what will really serve the interest of the masses and meet their needs, even when it is not popular. Let's equip the existing centers and make them of international standard. We will save more lives that way and provide better health services. We will also meet the needs of the people where it matters most.
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Final supporters
Fellow Nigerians,
It has become necessary to issue this clarion call to action to all well-meaning Nigerians, in view of the continued reportage of the plan by the Federal Ministry of Health to "Construct 10,000 PHC facilities" in the country, under the current financial year and as part of the 2016 budget being considered for appropriation by the National Assembly.
It is on record that the challenge facing the health system at all levels and at the PHC level in Nigeria is evidently not the absence of facilities or gross inadequacy at any level. Studies and assessments abound to show that the sector suffers more from issues such as:
I) Poor and sub-standard infrastructure and facilities
ii) Absence of equipment and basic utilities
iii) Severe shortage of human resources
iV) Lack of medical commodities
v) Poor financing for systems strengthening and operations among others.
Instructively some of these studies were commissioned by the Government itself or by partners such as GAVI and the World Bank.
In addition to the above, similar interventions in the recent past have typically ended in scams and controversies. The mandate of the FGN in constructing PHC facilities is also questionable.
Given its CHANGE mantra, the present Government has no business doing "Business as Usual" by attempting to go on yet another jamboree of building 10,000 Primary Health Centres.
Recent National Service Delivery Indicators show that the average utilisation of the existing PHCs is a miserable 1.4 patients per day!
What Nigeria needs, is to ensure that the currently existing 20,000 PHCs (of which only 20% are functional-4,000 PHCs) distributed across the 10,000 wards are made functional by providing adequate staffing, basic equipment and necessary medicines and other health commodities.
At a "Future of Health" Conference held in Abuja in 2015 (featuring speakers such as the former Minister of State for Health, Dr Muhammed Pate, State Commissioners for Health, and notable Leaders in Healthcare from both Public, Private and Social Sectors), the Director of Primary Health Care Systems at the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmEBoHf17Zw
stated categorically that:
"Being functional doesn't mean building new facilities. We are not recommending that".
It is in light of the above, that I call on concerned Nigerians to take up this challenge and mobilize the Civil Society especially those active in the Health Sector to act against this potential monumental disservice to the people of Nigeria.
This planned intervention is without any iota of doubt, a misplacement of priority and an attempt to misuse very scarce resources. It MUST BE STOPPED by all who have at heart, the interest of the Health Sector and the welfare of Nigerians.
This is the time for all well-meaning individuals and organisations to stand up and be counted on the side of the Nigerian People.
NIGERIANS SAY NO TO WASTE: EQUIP, DON'T BUILD 10,000 NEW PHCs!
Sincere Regards
Adamu Imam
Independent Consultant
Program Management and Organizational Performance.
NB
Please see link below for more info on the government plans.
Updates
January 28, 2016
The momentum is undeniable now. It is clear that we refuse to accept more waste.
20 Comments
I absolutely concur with your views as i earlier indicated the same opinion on the issue. There is no need to build news PHC's unless if the will be built in areas where they don't have. Already there are existing PHC's built through the constituency project and are yet to be completed; equipped; manned and utilised for the benefit of the community.
Spending of public fund that will not have meaningful impact in the lives of citizenry is tantamount to corruption. What an irony of a government that is fighting against corruption. Every sane person will know that it will be a waste of resources to build more PHCs whereas the earlier built ones are not functional. Or are building to compensate their political friends?
Experience from the Global Fund health interventions that are linked to PHCs across the 36 states reveals deficiencies in infrastructure and personnel. Government should reconsider their decision on this ideas of building multiple PHCs but rennovate, employ and retain competent staff and replace equipment in already existing PHCs. This decision to me is politically inclined and not people centred .
We are not in support of building new health centres when there are existing ones. We suggest that the existing ones be equipped with personnel and the necessary equipment. Building (and equipping) new ones will require more funds, and this is nothing but a waste of resources.
NO TO WASTE: EQUIP,DON'T BUILD NEW PHCs IN NIGERIA
Let's the Government equipt the existing PHCs first,before embarking on building new.The aim of establishing PHCs is not about the quantity but the quality
NO TO WASTE
This government is believed to be committed to change, not propaganda or jamboree. There is no point building new primary health centres when the existing ones are in near comatose condition, just to impress people or make a statement. Change means doing what is right, what will really serve the interest of the masses and meet their needs, even when it is not popular. Let's equip the existing centers and make them of international standard. We will save more lives that way and provide better health services. We will also meet the needs of the people where it matters most.
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I absolutely concur with your views as i earlier indicated the same opinion on the issue. There is no need to build news PHC's unless if the will be built in areas where they don't have. Already there are existing PHC's built through the constituency project and are yet to be completed; equipped; manned and utilised for the benefit of the community.