Experts in the national health sector have lamented that there should be an immediate upgrade in all Primary Health Care facilities across the country.
According to a former member of the House of Representative, Hon Mohammad Usman , it was unfortunate that despite federal government promise to revive at least 10,000 PHCs in Nigeria, it has not been able to revitalize up to 3000 four years after the pledge was made.
Usman spoke during a 2-day strategic advocacy retreat for media on Nigeria’s commitment to the partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health, PMNCH COVID-19 call to action, organised by Africa Health Budget Network and partners for health journalists.daily times reports
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While stressing that children under the age of 5 die from preventable causes, he noted that most of the children especially those in rural areas were usually left out in the vaccination exercise.
Earlier, Dr Aminu Magashi, coordinator, AHBNetwork emphasised the need to ensure that ambulances services are availble across Nigeria for emergency cases.
Dr Magashi who also called for transparency and accountability and transparency of the COVID-19 finances in Nigeria added that he is looking forward to a Nigeria where health services are assured.
“I look forward to a Nigeria where health services are assured, and where ambulance services can reach people in their homes.
“We cannot achieve this without the cooperation of media and collaborative effort from all Nigerians”, he added.
