A group that is involved with Primary Health Centers and CSOs has decided to create a monitoring unit to keep tabs on the operations of medical institutions, particularly those located in rural areas.
The CSOs stated that the gesture was made to encourage the creation of better healthcare services across the country.
The group claims that the purpose of establishing the monitoring unit is to guarantee that common people, particularly those residing in rural areas, may obtain high-quality, reasonably priced medical care.
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The group’s chairman and secretary, Bala Ahmad Mohammad and Peter Ibrahim Amfani, jointly signed a statement on Wednesday stating that the group met in Kaduna and decided to establish the monitoring unit in response to the deterioration of the healthcare system, particularly in local government areas.
“We discussed extensively some of the problems facing healthcare delivery services, especially in the rural areas,” the statement states, “and resolved to work out functional modalities to inspect and monitor PHCs as a way of checking on the personnel and management of the facilities.” The meeting took place at Arewa House in Kaduna.
We discovered that Nigeria’s healthcare infrastructures across the country remain severely underdeveloped, lacking the modern medical facilities that are essential for quality care with the country’s healthcare indicators ranking among the worst in Africa.
Given the prevalence of deprivation, poverty, and death, it is critical to keep an eye on the equipment, staff productivity, and medical facility performance in order to guarantee that the impoverished population receive high-quality healthcare.
According to the organization, the “Decision to concentrate on monitoring the PHCs to complement National healthcare development agencies with emphasis” was made in order to improve the delivery of healthcare by ensuring that regular citizens have access to cheap healthcare services without being hindered by bureaucratic red tape.
“Discovered that the country has several barriers that limit delivery of PHCs,” the group continued, “among them the internal conflict in parts of the country, crime, and corruption, multiplicity of governmental and donor agencies, vertical programs, low political commitment to implementation of approved health policies, and differences in remuneration between levels of care.”
Inadequate referral services, a shortage of staff, expensive medications and services, and round-the-clock access to healthcare are among the often occurring issues that impact the use of healthcare services, according to our study.
It did, however, express concern that “the health system is relatively weak, and there is yet a coordinated response across the country with several health workforce crises being reported due to poor welfare, lack of appropriate health facilities, and emerging factions among health workers,” and it urged the federal government to improve funding of the health sector.