Osun Gets Support from USAID on Operational Guidelines

By Yinka Kolawole  in Osogbo
 

The Osun State Primary Healthcare Development Board is set to develop operational mechanism. and minimum service package for primary healthcare under one roof with the support of the United States Agency for International Development’s Health Finance and Governance project (USAID-HFG).

Health officials and stakeholders in healthcare workshop yesterday organised by USAID-HFG as part of process to produce operational guidelines and minimum service package for primary healthcare under one roof in line with the state primary healthcare establishment law. 

The Directors of Medical Service and Disease Control of the board, Dr. Oluwole Fabiyi noted that out of the nine pillars of the primary healthcare under one roof, Osun had been able to achieve seven and that the current efforts were aimed at achieving the remaining two which are minimum service package and operational guidelines. 

Also the USAID-HFG State Programme Coordinator in the state, Mr. Ismailah Abdulkareem stressed that the organisation had been giving technical support to the State Ministry of Health. 

Abdulkareem opined  that with proper development of the minimum service package and operational guidelines for the State Primary Healthcare Development Board, Osun would attain 100 per cent in primary healthcare under one roof.

In his remark, USAID-HFG Consultant, Professor Benjamin Uzochukwu highlighted the status of Osun State in the provision of healthcare services.

Uzochukwu noted that the workshop was organised to broaden the understanding on the process and its importance.

At the workshop, a health costing document was being developed for the state to suit its context based on best practices. 

The workshop was attended by the staff of the State Primary Healthcare Development Board including the Directors and the Deputy Directors.  

Other participants were members of the technical working group of Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) including the officers from Osun State Health Insurance Scheme, the civil servants, secretaries of local government primary healthcare authorities, the media and the civil society organisatio