The Federal Government in collaboration with other partners has launched a new project to boost and strengthen services against HIV/AIDS prevalence in the country. The two year project tagged “Strengthening HIV/AIDS Service Delivery through Human Resources for Health (HRH) Systems in Nigeria” will be implemented by CapacityPlus, a USAID funded project implemented by IntraHealth in 29 countries. Launching the project on Sunday in Abuja, Permanent Secretary, of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Amina Shamaki said it will respond adequately to ‘human resource for health implications’ of the national health sector reforms.The permanent secretary said CapacityPlus in the last three years has supported Nigeria through the ministry and state ministries of health in increasing the availability of health workers in order to meet priority health needs of underserved populations.
Chief of Party, IntraHealth-CapacityPlus , Nigeria , Samuel Ngobua said the project will continue to strengthen partnership with the government of Nigeria to improve the quality of HIV/AIDS service delivery. He said some achievements have been recorded by the project in the country and they include supporting 2, 056 students of health training institutions across the country, mapping assessment of child protection systems in five states of the country and the FCT, and human resource for health management situation analysis and strategic plans developed in six states, among others.
Source:Leadership Online
