In a bid to scale up reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent services, the Bayelsa state Ministry of Health is developing a 10- year road map to develop the health system’s performance through strategic planning and stakeholders’ engagement.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Pabara Igwele, who announced this in Yenagoa during a pre-event briefing, said the summit is aimed at achieving universal health coverage through strengthened primary healthcare and health financing through expanding the health insurance system.
He further explained that the summit is intended to engage stakeholders in developing a framework that would improve the State’s healthcare indicators performance to effect performance management and quality improvement on the health system.
Dr. Igwele said the summit would also create the opportunity for investors to identify areas of partnership and investments that would improve the healthcare sector and create wealth for the betterment of the people of the state.
Part of the statement said the summit “is relevant to identifying challenges and strategic priorities for the Bayelsa state health system and establishing a framework for development of Bayelsa state’s 10-year health system improvement plan.”
“The three days summit will include plenary and breakout scientific sessions, focused at achieving the goal. Experts, panelists, resource persons, health stakeholders and opinion leaders as well as other stakeholders in the health system will share experiences and advance innovative, locally applicable, and cost effective strategies and interventions to improve the performance.”
