Primary Health Care: NMA Commends FG For Improvement In Centres - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 20, 2019
The Nigerian Medical Association has commended the FederalGovernment for improvement in infrastructure of the Primary Health Care centresin the country.
The President of NMA, Francis Faduyile, made the commendationin an interview with in Abuja.
Faduyile said that NMA had always expected that withimprovement infrastrure, PHC would cater for up to 75 per cent of the populace,mostly in the rural areas.
He said that the move by the government to meet this target was commendable.
He, however, said that facilities at PHC centres across thecountry needed corresponding improvement in the number and qualities of staff,including doctors and other health workers.
The NMA chief noted that this would address a lot ofdiseases, and other medical burdens in the rural areas.
According to him, medical and health personnel retention at the rural level has been low as a result of poor remuneration.