Acting World Health Organisation (WHO) representative in Nigeria, Dr. Rex Mpazanje, has called on Federal Government to give health matters in the country a holistic approach towards making whatever efforts put into it a sustainable one.
Speaking with journalists in Ibadan after the opening ceremony of 2nd African Federation of Public Health Associations (AFPHA) /3rd Society for Public Health Professionals of Nigeria (SPHPN) conference held at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, the health expert said that only holistic approach covering all the 17 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) could guarantee a sustainable health system.
At the conference with the theme: “Public Health in Africa and Sustainable Development Goals” which had in attendance participants from some African countries, the WHO representative explained that there should be collaboration among all the health stakeholders in the country to ensure the wellness of the populace. He acknowledged the efforts of the government at curbing the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) two years ago and urged that such efforts should be put into stamping out Lassa fever, the occurrence of which was becoming periodical.
In his own contribution, the President of SPHPN, Prof. Micheal Asuzu commended the initiative of the current administration at making Primary Health Care services available to the general populace through the outcome of the inter-ministerial committee set up by the Hon. Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole early this year.
He however lamented that unless something was done about the inability of both the States and local governments to pay workers’ salaries as and when due, health workers would not be able to drive the government policy, noting that “it will be impossible to expect the best from an hungry worker.”
The medical expert equally hinged on the need for collaboration among the various people in the society, using his experience at Fiji Island where he had gone to sojourn for three years as an example of how community participation in health issues tremendously worked.
According to him, “in that small country, patients don’t go to health centres for treatment, the nurse goes from house to house to administer drugs and injections and in some situations, a member of the family is tutored on how to give health care to the sick member.
By: Sola Adeyemo
New Telegraph News
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