International NGO Supports Nigeria To Boost Healthcare

The President/CEO of Aides Small Project International (ASPI), an International Non-Governmental Organisation(NGO), Moses Owharo, has pledged to support Nigeria in boosting healthcare services and address challenges in the post COVID-19 era.

The ASPI Boss with its headquarters in Ghana, said this at a presentation to partner with the Federal Ministry of Health in Abuja on Friday.

He further explained that ASPI had carried out several health intervention programmes in the past, assured to partner with the ministry to do more in Nigeria.

Owharo stressed that in 2021, ASPI carried out Tuberculosis prevention and treatment, Malaria prevention and treatment projects, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment projects with GAC and Global fund.

Owharo added that measures would be put in place to work closely with other relevant stakeholders in ensuring availability of testing kits, provision of ventilators and medical consumable supplies.

Others, he said to include technical training of health workers in the short run and the main health infrastructural development needed in the area of health facility rehabilitation, re-equipment with medical equipment in the long run.

He disclosed that ASPI had empowered people with knowledge and resources necessary to not only seek, and receive better healthcare, but also influence better health service quality, leading to higher levels of self-sufficiency.

Owharo also said that ASPI operates in two areas of social service sector, microfinance, healthcare education, agricultural and humanitarian support through her integrated finance and healthcare services,

Responding, Dr Noah Andrew, Head, Department of Hospital Services in the ministry, commended ASPI for the partnership initiative, while harping on synergy and collaboration with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency.

Andrew, also presiding chairman at the event promised to recommend to the management of the ministry that another presentation be made to the National Primary Health Care Development Agency on ASPI’s partnership with the ministry.

ASPI seeks to improve health, livelihood and create economic opportunities for women and their families, as well as reduce preventable child and maternal morbidity and mortality rate.