Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Oladipo Akinkugbe, bares his mind to relive us of the past, during Nigerias 54th Independence celebration: In the 1950s when there was self-government in the regions, the population then was smaller. Political parties were formed and they had manifestoes covering health. The regions had articulated good health agenda. The national development plan, which emerged in the 60s, in which health was a sub-sector, gave an impetus and orderliness into planning for health services. It was the beginning of a coherent health plan as part of the national development plan. In the 80s and 90s, primary health care system became clearly defined. Primary health care then became a reality. There are certain parameters that we use to assess growth: Infant mortality, maternal mortality, under-five mortality, life expectancy, health development index and disability adjusted life years are some of the measures of the quality of wellbeing of a population. What a wonderful experience in the past. Our questions this day are: cant we make family population smaller and better as it was? Are the present day political parties manifestoes having reproductive / family planning agenda? Any coherent reproductive health plan indeed? Is it possible to get our health system back on the right track? What do we do? How do we go? Please share your views.
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 07:00:42 +0000
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