Kwara state Primary Health Care Development Agency (KWSPHCDA) ,has given an update on the utilization of funds gotten from the World Bank Immunization Plus and the Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services (IMPACTS) Project.
This followed the disbursement of funds after the development of investment plans by each of the benefitting Primary Health Care (PHC) Centers in the state, based on the needs assessment carried out before the commencement of the project.
Each benefitting PHC in the state received a total of N4.6m in the World Bank-assisted project for facility upgrades and purchase of equipment that will strengthen basic healthcare services at the grassroots level.
‘We are excited to report that our PHCs have commenced the execution of the IMPACTS project with facility upgrades, purchase of equipment, and other items as spelt out in their various investment plans and the needs assessment. Some of the items already purchased include laboratory equipment in 193 PHCs; 30 ultrasound scan machines; 73 outreach tricycles; 186 outreach motorcycles; 186 desktop computers; and also 72 boreholes have been sunk’ Press Secretary of KWSPHCDA, Alade Opeyemi , submitted in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com on Monday.
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‘Based on their investment plans approved by the World Bank, these PHCs would also begin some minor renovations to improve the PHCs to further meet basic minimum standards. The funds were sent directly to the bank account of each of the PHCs. What the PHCs do with their funds vary and are based on their needs as captured in their investment plans.
The state had qualified for the World Bank IMPACTS programme on account of its investments in the basic healthcare sector, meeting some minimum criteria as well as payment of a state counterpart funds.
Kwara state, which had also recently won the National award as the Best State in primary healthcare in the North central, continues to improve people’s confidence in the health system. This has shown in the total number of deliveries that doubled in 2023 compared to 2020, while 422,631 women attended antenatal at our hospitals compared to 94,276 in the year 2020 based on the information from the DHIS2 platform.
The World Bank IMPACTS project would continue to be implemented alongside several state interventions as well as other projects like the Basic Health Care Provision Funds (BHCPF) to reduce infant, maternal mortality, and improve PHC services in the state’ the statement added-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you
