Under the watch of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu the following were achieved in the health sector.


1. Emergency Medical and Services (EMS) launched in Jan 2017 across the state with an initial 2nos. state of the art Intensive Care Unit fitted motorized equipment with appropriately trained staff. Service is accessed via a dedicated Toll free number 112. This service in future would be tied to the State Health Insurance Scheme.

2. He implemented WHO/FMOH model of one primary health care (PHC) per political ward. Abia State now has 292 WHO recognized Primary Health Care centers (PHCs) across the state.

3. Primary Healthcare under one roof (PHCUOR) which is in keeping with international best practice now achieved on Governor Ikpeazu's watch.

4. He attracted the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) beneficiary pilot state status attracting N1.5bn (July 2017), from The World Bank following the successful hosting by Abia State in January 2017 of The 59th National Council on Health. These funds are to be applied at the 292 PHCs for qualitative services at that level of care.

5. He provided the N100 million counterpart funding for BHCPF, the first in the history of Abia state

6. He attracted the $1.5million grant for the Saving One Million Lives program for results now being implemented in Abia since June 2017

7. Abia State Tele-Health Initiative (ASTHI) now concluded the 6 months of pilot tests in 15 PHCs. Next phase is the roll out across the whole 292 PHCs in the state

8. He attracted funding from the Canadian Government for the Integrated Community Case Management(ICCM) of the 3 childhood killer diseases of malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia being anchored by Society for family Health(on behalf of WHO/Canadian Govt). This project is now in its transition phase to full management by the state Government.

9. MTN Foundation funding 2 PHCs in their new program “what we can do together campaign” in Ikwuano and Arochukwu LGAs

10. 4nos. brand new and world class maternal and child wards built by...

Food you no provide for them why people no go sick?

MrSea:
Food you no provide for them why people no go sick?

Kid, it is not any government's duty to provide food for anybody. It is this stupid mentality that makes you whine over everything.

Goat, na me you dey call kid?
Don't you have elders in your family?

MaziOmenuko:


Kid, it is not any government's duty to provide food for anybody. It is this stupid mentality that makes you whine over everything.