Charles Ekanem|16 January 2018
World Health Organization yesterday reaffirmed their strong commitment to strengthening Human Resource for Health management of Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency and supporting Primary Health Care Under One Roof by donating three desktop monitors, 3 UPS, 3 CPU, printers, scanners photocopiers, internet routers, inverters for 24hrs light, A/C to the already executively furnished office to boost the efficiency of the agency to carry out it's new role and deliver on its mandate NegroidHaven has learnt.
Director General of Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Betta Edu while receiving the items eulogies WHO for their constant support to the development of Primary Healthcare in the state.
She said the state Governor, Senator (Prof) Ben Ayade has acknowledged their support to the establishment of human resource for health unit in the Agency, their push to bring PHC under one roof and their resolve to financially stand behind programs of the agency.
Dr Edu said these items will go a long way to boost the capacity of the personnel and provide a better working environment for discharge of duties.
Handing over the items, State Coordinator of WHO, Dr Tom Igbu said this gesture is in line with WHO best practices to Human Resource for Health (HRH) Management and development to promote equitable distribution and retention of the quality primary health workers in the state to ensure universal access to quality health services.
He said more office equipment will be provided in the coming days while assuring the Agency of WHO's support to institutionalize primary health care in the State.
Adding to what the State Coordinator of WHO said, the Human Resource Personnel of WHO, Dr Ojo Muyiwa said what WHO is doing now is to build the capacity of Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) to be able to manage health workers and cater for their needs.
According to him there's need for office equipment, capacity building and a system that will captured all health workers in the State so they will be able to manage day-to-day work of the Agency.
He said WHO will also provide several support services to agency and build capacity of key management staff to manage health workers administratively.
Finally, he said they will support the Agency to have supportive supervision for health workers to monitor their activities in the field and teach them on the job : "WHO can provide more technical and mentoring supervision to health workers in the Field through the agency".
In other related news the Director General of CRSPHCDA, Dr Betta Edu was briefed by the PHC Director, Dr Ana Onebiene who led a team of consultants from AFENET and WHO assisting the State plan for 2018 First Round Statewide Measles campaign to ensure a quality measles campaign which include the best practices such as planning and coordination, timely fund mobilization and disbursement, logistics and data management, communication and monitoring.
Charles Ekanem
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