Okowa’s S.M.A.R.T Agenda achievements in health sector

Below is a list of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s achievement in the health sector as released by the state Ministry of Information.

Inauguration of boards to facilitate achievements of their mandates

Increased number of private medical facilities registered in the state through increased drive

Reduction in quackery through increased supervision of registered facilities and closure of unregistered clinics

Improved supervision of private pharmacies and patent medicine vendors

Improved routine and random monitoring of nursing and maternity homes

Increase in out-patient and in-patient load in all health care facilities in d state

There is an ongoing personnel training in the health sector

Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH)

Will further live up to expectation with the assumption of duty of the new Chief Medical Director (CMD)

Governor’s visit gave a boost to finding solutions to the problems of the institution

Health Infrastructure

Infrastructural upgrades have been going on in all levels of care training institutions across the 3 Senatorial Districts, including primary health care, secondary health care and School of Nursing

The Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Review (MPDSR) committee has been inaugurated in line with the directives of the Federal Ministry of Health

Capacity building/training of personnel has been ongoing

Tuberculosis control-care of multi-drug resistant TB patients in Delta State has since commenced and the cure rate from 2013-2014 is 83%

Improved drug supply chain management leading to reduction in out of stock complaint

The state drug control committee has commenced work to reduce illegal use of drugs

Financial Management

The State Hospital Management Board is in the process of automating the collection of all its fees through an electronic system

The Save One Million Lives(SOML) programme, founded by the World Bank, has helped to facilitate service delivery

Enrolment of people into the health insurance scheme will soon commence

Investment opportunities

Public-Private partnership is being encouraged in several areas of health care system
*** Some Memoranda of Understanding (MoU)  are in the process of being signed. This involves local and International partners