EU, Anambra govt. train 25 health registry operators
No fewer than 25 health data operators and human
resource managers have been trained on health workforce registry in
Anambra, an official of the Ministry of Health in the state has said.
Mr Arthur Iweanya, an Acting Director, Planning, Research and
Statistics in the ministry, said this during the launch of the training
on Monday in Awka. Iweanya said that the training was designed to boost
capacity of programmers and other mid-level health workers, who were
ICT-compliant. He said that the training would enable them to to utilise
workforce registry in taking required data decisions. He commended EU
for the tremendous work it was doing in the state. He also thanked Gov.
Willie Obiano for repositioning the health sector and creating a good
environment to attract foreign partners to the state. He urged the
participants to take the workshop seriously and learn all that would
help the state to make necessary policies.
Mr Ndubuisi Oji,
the Programme Manager, WHO-EU Health System Strengthening (HSS) in the
state, said that the Federal Government wanted all states to have robust
health registers. He said: This request necessitated the training with
support from EU and HSS project, aimed at achieving Universal Health
Coverage (UHC). The workshop is basically for programmers, mid-level
health workers who are ICT-compliant as it will help them to operate the
registry when fully completed, Oji said. He said that the training
would further help the participants to generate report of retirees to
enable government plan ahead and navigate the state health workforce
registry. Others benefits, he said, were to create and modify records in
the state health workforce registry; utilise the State Health Workforce
Registry search features to generate and report health workforce
report.
Agbons Oaiya, a resource person, described Nigeria
Health workforce Register (HWR) as human resources management tools.
Oaiya said that the tools would enable the state to design and manage
comprehensive human resources for health management. It is a single and
authoritative source of health workforce information that can provide
accurate count of all healthcare personnel that had either worked or
currently at all tiers of government,” he said. One of the participants,
Mr Okechukwu Nwobi, Registrar, School of Health Technology, Obosi,
expressed joy over the partnership between the state and EU. He urged
the state government to ensure the sustainability of the programme.
Other top ministry officials at the event included Dr. Chioma
Ezenyimulu, the Executive Secretary, Anambra State Primary Healthcare
Development Agency, and a hospital administrator, Dr. Richmond Achugbu,
among others. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the training was
done by the EU, in collaboration with Anambra government.