FG earmarks N260bn to revitalise PHCs throughout Nigeria

The Coordinating Minister of Well being and Social Welfare, Ali Pate, says the federal authorities has put aside N260 billion to revitalise the Main Healthcare Centres (PHCs) throughout the nation.

Mr Pate disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday on the Ministerial Sectoral Briefings organised by the Federal Ministry of Info and Nationwide Orientation to mark the primary anniversary of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

He stated the transfer was in keeping with President Bola Tinubu’s directive and the fund is out there on the state ranges by means of Worldwide Growth Affiliation (IDA) financing and the Primary Well being Care Provision Fund (BHCPF).

“N260 billion is presently obtainable on the state stage for the revitalisation of their main healthcare centres,” he acknowledged.

The minister emphasised the federal government’s strategic give attention to main healthcare as the inspiration of a sturdy well being system.

“Our objective is to make sure that each Nigerian, no matter their location, has entry to high quality healthcare providers. By revitalising these main well being centres, we are able to present important well being providers nearer to the folks, thereby decreasing the burden on tertiary healthcare services,” he stated.

Mr Pate famous that this monetary injection would deal with a number of challenges confronted by main healthcare centres, together with insufficient infrastructure, lack of important medical provides, and inadequate staffing.

“This funding will allow states to renovate current services, procure essential medical gear, and make use of further healthcare employees to fulfill the growing demand for healthcare providers,” he defined.

New oncology initiative

Mr Pate stated the well being ministry has launched a brand new oncology initiative geared toward bettering most cancers care by means of strategic medical investments.

He stated the initiative contains the institution of recent oncology and nuclear medication centres, the improve of current services, and the deployment of contemporary medical infrastructure in taking part tertiary establishments.

The fund, he stated, was included within the 2024 funds of the Nigerian Sovereign Funding Authority (NSIA) to acquire superior most cancers therapy gear for six federal tertiary hospitals throughout Nigeria.

Mr Pate outlined the proposed state-of-the-art medical infrastructure to be deployed within the six chosen educating hospitals, representing the six geopolitical zones.

The gear, he acknowledged, contains linear accelerators, iridium brachytherapy machines, computed tomography (CT) simulators, positron emission tomography () scanners, and cyclotrons.

“The Oncology Initiative has been included within the NSIA 2024 funds, with proposed cutting-edge medical infrastructure to be deployed within the six educating hospitals chosen from the six geopolitical zones to enhance most cancers therapy gear,” he stated.

The minister additionally stated 10 tasks are being executed within the geopolitical areas to boost healthcare providers.

He stated the Presidential ‘Unlocking Healthcare Worth-Chain’ Initiative, is designed to draw billions of {dollars} in new investments into the nation’s healthcare supply system.

Mr Pate stated this initiative entails a time-bound, cross-ministerial collaboration to restructure the ecosystem of well being product manufacturing, well being logistics providers, well being know-how providers, well being retail providers (e-commerce), well being supplier facilitation, and well being payer reform.

Coaching and recruitment of well being workforce

The minister introduced that the ministry has engaged specialists to coach 120,000 frontline well being employees throughout the nation by September.

Moreover, 2,400 healthcare employees shall be employed to offer providers in rural areas.