Agency The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Ali Pate has revealed that the Federal Government will collaborate with state governments to improve the quality of data gathered on healthcare facilities. He disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at the Inaugural Quarterly Performance Dialogue with state commissioners for health. He noted that the objective of the dialogue is to review progress against key indicators to promote performance management and accountability for results.
Pate added, “We are now going to be working with them to improve the quality of the data to audit it so that we can also triangulate with some other service. “This is so that over time, the divergence between the data sources will be reduced.” The minister said that the performance dialogue aligned with the Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative and the Sector-Wide Approach, as it embodied the spirit of cooperative federalism mandated by the National Health Act of 2014.
He added that the Act called for shared responsibility and collaboration among all health providers across various levels of government – the private sector and development partners. “On Dec. 12, 2023, President Bola Tinubu, unveiled the HSRII.
On this occasion all state governors and the FCT signed a compact with the Federal Government to work collaboratively towards improving population health outcomes for all Nigerians. “We are immensely grateful to our development partners who have joined this effo.
