The Chief Medical Director, (CMD), University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Prof. Etete Peters, has said the hospital trained over 250 community health workers. He said this was aimed at reduc-ing the deficit of workers in the health sector.
The CMD, who addressed the combined third convocation and fourth matriculation students of Community Health Officers' Training School and School of Health Information Management in Uyo, said there was a global shortage of human resources in the health sector.
According to him, there are 57 countries, including Nigeria, with a short age of health care workers, about 2.4 million.
Peters said: "The need to train health care workers cannot be over emphasised. There is a global short age of human resources in the health sector. At present, it is estimated that there is a shortfall of about 72 million health care workers.
"The deficit of the skilled work force is estimated to rise to 12.9 million by 2035. There is need to devise strategies to address this issue." He underscored the role health workers played in increasing access to quality health services and universal health coverage.
The CMD said: "Developing these cadres of workers is imperative as they constitute the human resources and workforce required for the running of our primary health care."
He added: "This is even more pertinent, given the revitalisation of primary health care by the Federal Mm istry of Health and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency."
This, Peters said, has led to increase in the interest by the hospital to train middle cadre manpower, to address the envisaged deficit and provide services at the primary care level.
According to him, in line with the administration's change agenda, one of the hospital's key objectives is to pursue a positive health sector result, with primary health care as focus.
He said the Federal Government has begun 'Better Health for all Programme', with the launch of a rappid result initiative in each senatorial district across the country to make impact on the health sector.
Congratulating the matriculating students, Peters urged them to pursue their studies to attain success. He advised the graduating students to remain worthy ambassadors of the hospital.
By: Kazeem Ibrahym, Uyo
The Nation News
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