This is interesting, and Patrick thank you for sharing. [ https://www.hifa.org/dgroups-rss/breaking-out-health-bubble ]
In the ministry of health, cross river state, Nigeria on 2004 we designed a tool to help the state improve on the health and wellbeing of its 3.1 million population, whose weak health system seemed to have resisted every previous attempts to transform basic health indicators. The tool was the 12-Pillar clinical governance Programme that also helped an out-of-the-box thinking.(www.hri-global.org).
Implementation led to the state adopting the Health in All Policies Policy (HiAPP), that enabled the state to become the beacon for quality health sector and system.
Cross River State became known for being ‘Clean and Green’ and the ‘Paradise Destination’ for All 200 million Nigerians.
So, yes indeed, health interventions dutifully implemented can have major impacts beyond health.
Joseph Ana
HIFA profile: Joseph Ana is the Lead Senior Fellow/Medical Consultant at the Centre for Clinical Governance Research and Patient Safety in Calabar, Nigeria, established by HRI Global (former HRIWA). He is a member of the World Health Organisation’s Technical Advisory Group on Integrated Care in primary, emergency, operative, and critical care (TAG-IC2). As the Cross River State Commissioner for Health, he led the introduction of the Homegrown Quality Tool, the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance Programme, in Nigeria (2004-2008). For sustainability, he established the Department of Clinical Governance, Servicom & e-health in the Cross River State Ministry of Health, Nigeria. His main interest is in whole health sector and system strengthening in Lower, Low and Middle Income Countries (LLMICs). He has written six books on the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance programme, suitable for LLMICs, including the TOOLS for Implementation. He served as Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association’s Standing Committee on Clinical Governance (2012-2022), and he won the Nigeria Medical Association’s Award of Excellence on three consecutive occasions for the innovation. He served as Chairman, Quality & Performance, of the Technical Working Group for the implementation of the Nigeria Health Act 2014. He is member, National Tertiary Health Institutions Standards Committee of the Federal Ministry of Health. He is the pioneer Secretary General/Trustee-Director of the NMF (Nigerian Medical Forum) which took the BMJ to West Africa in 1995. Joseph is a member of the HIFA Steering Group and the HIFA working group on Community Health Workers. (http://www.hifa.org/support/members/joseph-0 http://www.hifa.org/people/steering-group). Email: info AT hri-global.org and jneana AT yahoo.co.uk
