Health Care Delivery : OYSG , UNICEF Formulates 2022 Operational Plan For Health Ministry

— assures residents of best practices

By Ogundele Olanrewaju

The Oyo State government through the ministry of health has developed 2022 operational plan for the state health sector with a view to improving on the success recorded in the sector come next year .

The templates was finalized at the weekend by stakeholders in the health sector, in collaboration with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF ), at a one week long Annual
Operational Plan meeting , which took place at Aruna De Plaza , Eleekara, Oyo town .

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Oyo State , Dr. Adebisi Ayoola, while speaking at the event , said the initiative was part of efforts of the government at making the state a place with universal health coverage .

Dr .Ayoola disclosed further that Governor Seyi Makinde led administration has embarked on the mission of seeing that Oyo state becomes a place for medical tourism with the help of medical consultants, Professors in the health sector, medical technocrats and partners of the state.

He harped on the need for medical personnel to continually oblige patients necessary attention and also ensure proper monitoring of cases for rapid recovery .

Dr. Ayoola , while calling for team work among experts in health sector of the state for improved service delivery, said the government is determined to put an end to quackery in the sector .

“The State government is working effortlessly to deal with quacks in the health sector, including strict control measures on hospitals that fail to abide by laid down rules and regulations to ensure residents receive care from safe hands “
“There are a lot of medical interventions currently being supported by the Oyo State Government. They include the net distribution program for malaria prevention purpose, Tomotiya Program for maternal and child health and Omititun free health mission for free medical services across the 33 local governments in the state.

” The renovation of primary health care services, one per ward and the ongoing recruitment of both primary and secondary health care facilities. These and many more were done to make the state a place with universal health coverage “
In his contribution, Director of Planning, Research and Statistics , Ministry of Health, Oyo State, Dr. Gbolahan Abass , explained that the One-week meeting marks the end of the five year strategic plan of the Oyo state government health sector , adding that after which , another 5-years strategic plan will be produced the coming year.

Dr. Gbolahan described the Annual Operational Plan as tool that encourage performance review , situation analysis, priorities setting amongst others.
Also speaking , the representative of United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, Ijeoma Agbo , assured the state government of UNICEF support in the area of implementation of the Annual Operational Plan , towards making the state one of the pacesetters, providing health care services in the country.