22nd August, 2022
The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Professor Obehi Akoria has commended the Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) for its role in combatting quackery in the Lagos State’s health sector.
Akoria, who gave the commendation recently while on a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr. Abiola Idowu in her office at CBD, Alausa, Ikeja, explained that HEFAMAA has done well in its mandate of monitoring both public and private health facilities in the State.
She said “the effort is contributing to the quality of health of the residents.”
Akoria stated that the fight against quackery was a collective responsibility as residents must give maximum support to the Agency in its efforts to bring quackery and illegal operation of health facilities to the barest minimum.
She also urged owners and operators of health facilities in the State to obey the laws and provide quality services to the citizens.
The Commissioner, however stated that the Edo State Ministry of Health was willing to work and collaborate with organisations and agencies of government to combat quackery in the healthcare system of the state.
Dr. Abiola Idowu, Executive Secretary, HEFAMAA thanked the Health Commissioner for the visit and praised her efforts in repositioning the healthcare delivery in Edo State.
She added that HEFAMAA would be willing to offer credible and professional advice when it was called upon.
Idowu explained that as part of efforts to protect the health of the people in Lagos State, the Agency recently developed draft standards for different categories of health facilities.
The draft standards, she said, “are an improvement over the standards stipulated in the Health Sector Reform Law of 2006 which is presently under review.”
She further explained that the agency visited each facility at least twice a year to assess their processes, personnel, equipment and environment to ensure they were in line with the set standards as stipulated by the Health Sector Reform Law (HSRL) of 2006.
Idowu, however, assured that the agency would not relent in its strive to achieve the vision of the present administration in the health sector.