Ondo Govt Trains Technical Working Group On State Strategic Health Develomant Plan | The Precision

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Ondo
State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Wahab Adegbenro has charged the
Technical Working Group (TWG) for the State Strategic Health Development
Plan to make effective use of the National tool which will serve as a
guide for the development of the programme, in developing sustainable
and realistic plan for the State. 
Dr.
Adegbenro gave the charge in Akure, the Ondo State Capital, at the
opening ceremony of a Two- Day inauguration and sensitization meeting of
the Technical Working Group (TWG) for the  State Strategic Health
Development Plan (SSHDP) II framework which is to span a period of
5years (2017-2021).
Dr.
Adegbenro emphasized that the second phase of the SSHDP which was first
developed in 2010 by the Federal government involving all the states
and ran for 5 years, is paramount at this period, as the Strategic
Health Plan will help strengthen the State’s health sector, empower the
ministry of health and it’s parastatals to reposition their
organizational and management systems to provide the strategic and
policy direction necessary for leadership and governance in health. 
“This
framework was developed to serve as a guide to Federal, State and LGAs
in the selection of evidenced- based priority interventions that would
contribute to achieving the desired health outcomes for Nigerians. 
It
is expected that this meeting will recommend interventions necessary to
enhance mutual accountability and transparency in the use of health
development resources in an efficient and effective way, particularly
through results- based management approaches.”
He
appreciated the roles of development partners especially UNICEF in
supporting the process with the engagement of consultants for the State
and the proposed workshop. 
Earlier
in his opening remarks, the Permanent Secretary, Ondo State Ministry of
Health, Dr. Taiye Oni, noted that the Ondo State Strategic Health
Development Plan II will birth policies that will guide the actions and
activities of health professionals in the state for the next five
years. 
He
expressed optimism that the leadership of Dr. Adegbenro as the State’s
Health commissioner will enrich the State Health Development Plan. 
Dr.
Oni urged the participants to be conscious of the journey through the
MDGs years and be put into perspectives, the failures, successes,
lessons learnt and the missed opportunities, stressing that it is only
by doing this that the health professionals can successfully mainstream
the expectations of the SDGs into the State’s Strategic Health
Development Plan. 
Participants
at the workshop included the Acting Secretary, Hospitals Management
Board (HMB), Dr. Niran Ikuomola, Executive Secretary Ondo State Primary
Health Care Development Board (OSPHCDB), Dr. Francis Akanbiemu,
Directors and Deputy Directors of The Ondo State Ministry of Health,
HMB, OSPHCDB, Ondo State Emergency Medical Services Agency (ODEMSA) Ondo
State Action for the Control of Aids (ODSACA), Program Officers,
Development Partners (UNICEF AND WHO) and Civil Society Organizations. 

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