NPHCDA REITERATES COMMITMENT TOWARDS REPOSITIONING THE AGENCY FOR ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTHCARE 28-01-24
By Sadiq Aminu The National Primary Health Care development Agency, NPHCDA, has reiterated its commitment towards repositioning the Agency in ensuring Nigerians have access to quality healthcare.
The Chief Executive officer of the NPHCDA, Dr. Muyi Aina made this known in Abuja during a Media briefing with a view to rolled out plan of the agency in the next four years.
Dr. Aina noted that the agency under his watch was working acidiously to provide better access to higher quality services, increase community demand and improve health systems resilience through expansion of number of facilitates across the country.
“Over the next four years, we are going to really be working to make them fully functional by making them have what they need to provide quality services. We will ensure that they have the workforce, the commodities and technical assistance to make good use of the resources that they getting through the decentralized facility financing and that have all the equipment and infrastructure including accommodation for the front line health workers that are working in the health centres.
Dr. Aina who identified overall directions in the next couple of to deliver on it’s mandates pointed out that the present administration under president Bola Tinubu had shown unflinching commitment to the health sector particularly primary health care due to its closeness to the people at the grassroots.
The Chief Executive officer of the Agency, Dr. Muyi Aina also reveled that the federal government is set to commence the second phase of vaccination against the Human papillomavirus (HPV) by May 2024, in 21 States.