Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony said at the recent Annual RHOs Conference that 216 more interventions are being targeted for primary health care.
Anthony highlighted that in consultation from Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) consultants, they were able to map out approximately 216 services that should be offered within the Primary Health Care Services. With this, he said that the Regional Health Officers (RHOs) will be able establish the various services within the health centres and health posts.
“We’ve had a number of consultants who came in from PAHO and worked with us in the area of Primary Health Care, to map out the types of services that we can now offer at our health posts and health centres. We came up with approximately 216 interventions that can be offered. This is something that we would expect our RHOs to implement and work systematically to ensure that these services can be offered at every Health facility, based on geographic location”, he said.