SOME ACHIEVEMENTS IN NIGERIAS HEALTH SECTOR UNDER GOODLUCK JONATHAN (FACTS) President Goodluck Jonathan had in 2010 launched the National Strategic Health Development Plan (2010-2015) which clearly spelt out government’s plans in that very important sector. Four years down the line, the project has been pursued with vigour and unquestionable commitment and the results are palpable. 1. Using the Saving One Million Lives Initiatives and National Health Insurance Scheme, it is incontrovertible that in the last four years of Jonathan Presidency, Nigerians have more access to adequate and affordable health care, resulting in a record increase in life expectancy in the nation. 2. Over a million lives have been saved directly under the Saving One Million Lives initiative by scaling up cost-effective interventions in maternal and child health care, nutrition, prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV, malaria control and eradication of polio. 3. Today, maternal mortality has dropped by more than 50 percent following the provision of Midwives Service Scheme and the attendant facilities in our hospitals. The Nigerian child now receives free diabetes treatment in all public hospitals across the country also. 4. Under the National Strategic Health Development Plan, new technologies in modern medical equipment are now available in most Federal medical institutions, positioning them to handle medical emergencies and disease control. Thus, cases such as kidney, heart and brain ailments as well as cancer are being effectively handled in Nigeria at present. 5. After ten years, open-heart surgery has resumed in Nigerian hospitals. So far, more than 55 of such surgeries have been conducted in our hospitals in 2013, with University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan among others as front runners. 6. Microsurgery of the brain is also now being conducted at Federal medical Centre, Umuahia while laparoscopic surgery for fibroid cases has since commenced at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe. Also full laparoscopic services has commenced at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Ile Ife. 7. The National Orthopedic Hospitals in Enugu, Kano and Lagos as well as Federal Medical Centre, Yenegoa, Bayelsa, among others are now performing Total knee and hip replacement thereby giving lifeline to accident victims in the country. 8. Following the reviving of investment in medical research which was neglected in the past, Nigeria has been able to record breakthrough in the management of sickle cell anemia with the University of Benin Teaching Hospital performing an infusion cell into sickle anemia patience in 2012. 9. Great successes have been recorded with record high number of VVF repairs at the National Obstetric Fistula Centres using state of the art equipment,” 10. This is in addition to the establishment of Geriatric Units for the elderly in Federal Tertiary Hospitals, while renal transplant is now handled in most teaching hospitals across the country. 11. “Nigeria now has a Revised Curriculum for Undergraduate Medical and Dental Education as well as Curriculum on Herbal Medicine Development. 12. President Jonathan signs National Health Bill into law, which is unprecedented. 13. Finally, President Jonathan enabled the country to achieve the globally acknowledged feat on the control of Ebola Virus Disease, which has made our health system a model for other countries and the U.S. Nigeria can only get better... 4 more years for Jonathan. ;-)
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:48:51 +0000
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