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| From 2nd on left: Director, Family Health Department, Dr. Adebimpe Adebiyi; Ag. Director - General, NAFADAC, Mrs. Yetunde Oni and Hon. Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, during the inauguration in Abuja. |
The Committee to help coordinate the improvement of the
quality of healthcare for Mothers, Newborn and Children in Nigeria have been
inaugurated by the Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire.
Nigeria is one of the first wave of countries to be part of the
network to improve quality of healthcare.
At the inauguration of the steering and technical committee
Monday 6 February, 2017 in Abuja, Ehanire appreciated the World Health
Organization for accepting Nigeria’s admission into the WHO-led Network towards
improving quality of healthcare for mothers, newborns and children.
He reiterated that Nigeria’s support of the WHO vision where ‘every
pregnant woman and newborn receives quality healthcare throughout, childbirth
and the postnatal period’ as a country.
The Nigerian Government's commitment towards developing health care
strategies and planning are in line WHO recommendation.
Members of the Steering Committee include the Minister of Health;
Minister of State for Health and Minister of Women Affairs and Social
Development. Others are Ministers of Finance, Agriculture, Education, Water
Resources, Environment, and Information and Culture.
They also include the Permanent Secretary of Federal Ministry of
Health; Directors of the Department of Health Services, Family Health
Department, and Health Planning Research and Statistics. The Executive
Secretaries of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency and National
Health Insurance Scheme among others are also listed.
The Terms of Reference of the Steering Committee, among others is to
provide high level leadership for coordination of quality of care (QoC)
interventions for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health
(RMNCAH), in Nigeria.
Other expectations of the technical committee include to
contribute to the development of a national quality of care strategies of
health services and develop an action plan/road map to improve national quality
of care of health services for RMNCAH in Nigeria.
In her welcome remark, the Permanent Secretary, FMOH, Mrs. Binta
Adamu Bello, who was represented by the Director, Hospital Services, Dr. Wapada
Balami, said the inauguration was coming at a time when several plans are
being made for Nigeria to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by
2030.
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