By Magnus Emuji
A Non Governmental Organization NGO, Civil Society Organization in Malaria Control, Immunization and Nutrition (ACOMIN) currently implementing a free malaria project in Delta State, has appealed to the Delta State Government under the leadership of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, to recruit more medical personnel to address shortage of manpower in the health sector.
The Delta State Programme Officer for ACOMIN, Sir Austen Uwede stated this in Asaba during their Monthly Coordination Meeting.
He asserted that shortage of medical staff, particularly nurses and health recorders is having adverse effects on service delivery, adding that most of them in grassroots areas should not abandon their duty posts, but be around at all times for people to access their services .
Uwede also stressed the need for healthcare service providers especially the health recorders working in various health facilities to ensure effective service delivery.
He said th
at the importance of proper recording officers in Public Health Centres could not be overemphasized and urged them to brace up to their duties in adherence with the ethics of their profession for the overall benefits of the society.
Uwede , who explained that ACOMIN was a dependable partner with governments to ensure accountability among the staff of Public Health Centres and not to witch-hunt them, advised health recorders to cooperate and support their matrons in order to achieve results.
The ACOMIN Programme Officer lauded the healthcare volunteers and their Community Based Organizations(CBOs) for their efforts in ensuring that the objective of the Community-Led Monitoring project was achieved.
Earlier, the State Chairman of ACOMIN, Pastor Greg Sifo in his opening remarks, harped on the need for selfless service among the CBOs in the course of the implementation of the project.
Pastor Sifo admonished all stakeholders in the project to redouble their commitment and show empathy to the people.
On her part, the State Malaria Programme Manager, Ministry of Health, Dr.(Mrs ) Julie Aniah said that absence of proper record keeping in any health facility would impact negatively on the diagnosis of ailments and treatments and called on health recorders to apply what they have been taught in their orientation.
Dr. Aniah said that there are laid down procedure in the medical profession and charged the nurses to take their jobs seriously even as she stressed the need for people to prevent malaria by keeping their environment clean to avoid mosquito bites.
In their separate remarks, a representative of Management Sciences for Health (MSH) , Raymond Emeto and the Social Behaviour Change Advisor , Society for Family Health, Mercy Momoh and the Chief Imam of Asaba Mosque , Dr. (Alhaji) Yinusa Adekola urged the state government to be active on their counterpart funding for the malaria control and prevention in the state.
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