The Federal Ministry of Health with support from MEASURE Palladium, USADID-Funded Project has developed a Master Health Facility Registry List (MHFRL), meant to manage the master facility list in Nigeria. Speaking during the launching yesterday in Abuja, the minister of health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said a Master Health Facility List (MFL) is a comprehensive list of all the health facilities in the country, with information on the signature and service domain elements.“The National HFR would permit each state and FCT to carry out real-time updating and management of the list of health facilities within its jurisdiction,” he said. He cited an example using the (HFR) signature domain, which is expected to provide information on the health facility by location and unique identifier, while the service domain elements would indicate the kind of services that are provided by the health facility.
He added that the HFR would help in Health Management Information Systems (HMIS), disease surveillance, and supply chain management across the country. The minister also assured that the ministry would continue to develop and enhance capacities to guarantee effective implementation and sustainability of the healthcare system in the country.
Source: Leadership
