{"id":129273,"date":"2023-12-09T16:29:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T16:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/09\/poor-primary-healthcare-increasing-death-rate\/"},"modified":"2023-12-09T16:29:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T16:29:47","slug":"poor-primary-healthcare-increasing-death-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/09\/poor-primary-healthcare-increasing-death-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor Primary Healthcare Increasing Death Rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-902588\">\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<p>The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Health Matters, Dr. Salma Anas-Ibrahim, disclosed that lack of proper attention giving to primary health care in the country, caused mortality.<\/p>\n<p>She made this known on Friday at the seventh annual conference of the Association of Nigeria Health Journalists in collaboration with the World Health Organisation in Nasarawa State.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the PHC is the fulcrum for a resilient health system and should be structured to be able to deliver services that will support the attainment of UHC and guarantee health security.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0FG To Revamp 17,000 Health Centres Nationwide<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"show-primis-ads\" class=\"primisVideoUnit\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"primisPlayerContainerDiv\" class=\"primisslate\">\n<div id=\"primis_container_div\">\n<p>Salma said: \u201cIn Nigeria however, the PHC level of care has received the least attention and continues to add to the burden of morbidity and mortality especially due to pregnancy-related conditions making it the weakest link of the health service delivery system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the integrated system that we are promoting, our aspiration is to ensure that as soon as a pregnant woman visits a healthcare facility, the quality and level of care she requires to deliver a healthy child is assured including the payment for the services she would receive, ensuring that she is covered under one form of health insurance or the other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe role of the PHC in improving access to healthcare towards the attainment of UHC in a holistic, comprehensive and sustainable manner that would impact on the productive potential of the people for desirous national growth and development of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-981895751\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"td-block-row td-post-next-prev\">\n<div class=\"td-block-span6 td-post-prev-post\">\n<div class=\"td-post-next-prev-content\"><span>Previous article<\/span>NSCDC Apprehends Four Cable Vandals In Anambra<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-block-span6 td-post-next-post\">\n<div class=\"td-post-next-prev-content\"><span>Next article<\/span>\u201cBecause I Win N120M, Person Charge Me N120k For Makeup\u201d \u2013 Ilebaye Laments<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Health Matters, Dr. Salma Anas-Ibrahim, disclosed that lack of proper attention giving to primary health care in the country, caused mortality. 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