Monday 23 January 2012

Curative Functions of the Ministry of Health, Gombe


The Ministry of Health serves as the main agency of the government for providing curative care to the people of Gombe. It runs hospitals and health centers which are integrated in a referral chain. The curative care services provided in The Ministry of Health hospitals is supplemented by other government hospitals/clinics such as those run by the Federal Medical Centres and State teaching Hospitals. There are also several private hospitals/clinics, which are playing an increasingly important role in providing care. All these establishments are linked with The Ministry of Health system through a referral chain.

The Ministry of Health makes primary medical care available through health centres, extended health centres and local hospitals. The regional referral hospitals mainly provide secondary medical care, while the national referral hospitals mostly provide tertiary medical care. The Ministry of Health ensures that no citizen of Gombe is denied the benefit of medical care. It could refer patients for treatment abroad, if the required treatment facilities are not available in the country. All demands / recommendations for overseas treatment are processed through a duly constituted  and tested referral organization.

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Sunday 22 January 2012

Main Function of the Ministry of Health

Main Function of the Ministry of Health

The Ministry of Health is the government's main agency responsible for provision, coordination and stewardship of the health sector. MoH is required to  ensure overall development of the health sector per se and in relation to other key social sectors. In keeping with this role, MoH acts as the principal architect of health system design and takes responsibility for achieving inter-sectoral coordination. It develops policies and programmes for the health sector. It implements these in coordination with all other related ministries, health services institutions under the government as well as in the private sector. MoH also advocates to all other public systems to make policies favourable to the health sector, and to refrain from making policies, which may adversely affect  the health of the people.