Oshiomhole Appeals To Ovia People To Take Ownership Of PHC
Oshiomhole Appeals To Ovia People To Take Ownership Of PHC ...As Health Stakeholders Call On Community To Access Facilities Iduozee Efe Paul Edo State commissioner for Health, Dr Cyril Adams Oshiomhole, has appealed to the people living in Ovia North East Local government area to take full ownership of the primary healthcare centre in their community. He made the statement when him and his entourage visited the PHC Oghede building built by the governor of Edo state, Senator Monday Okpebholo supported by World Bank Impact project, Benin city. Oshiomhole said ," we conducted a joint assessment visit to this facilities to evaluate service delivery, infrastructures, data management, staffing and patients patronage. We discovered that this place is under utilised. " It is surprised to know that this PHC that has free antenatal , free malaria testing and treatment, yet people prefer to go to traditional birth attendants where the risk of acquiring HIV infection i...