National Primary Health Care Development Agency

‘Our mandate is to make PHCs more efficient’

Sunday, December 31, 2017

Dr. Faisal Shuaib is the newly appointed Executive Secretary of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). In this interview with Vincent Ikuomola and Olugbenga Adanikin, he identified challenges confronting access to primary health care delivery in the country and concerted efforts being made to provide sustainable solutions to the sector. Excerpts:
 
We know how paramount the health care centres are to your mandate. Considering their current status, will you say you are satisfied?