Following an appraisal of the Nigerian health system, a public health expert, Dr Aderonke Manuwa – Olumide, has stressed the need to make the health care effective by ensuring it provides high quality service that is humane, efficient, affordable and sustainable.

Speaking at the award and handing over luncheon of Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN), Oyo State chapter in Ibadan, Dr Manuwa-Olumide stated that improving the health care system would require a systematic approach rather than interventions that are in piecemeals.

She stated: “We must agree on standards of care, assess the quality of care we provide in our health facilities, decide whether it is of good or bad quality and then make decisive changes.”

Dr Manuwa-Olumide, who pointed out that the patient was the most important element of total quality management, a concept in quality management that was introduced in the 80’s, declared that it was important that health care providers provide evidence-based care.

The past president of MWAN stressed that lack of feedback was a challenge to an efficient health care system, urging that health care providers that were dedicated to their work be provided incentives to spur them to further do more as part of government’s quality improvement interventions.

She urged female medical doctors to be advocates of good health care through the use of appropriate interventions; be good examples by providing quality care and continue to generate evidence through research that could inform health policy decisions as well as innovatations to ensure the required change.

At the event, 15 women were honoured for their contribution to development of medicine, mentoring of young doctors as well as the association. In addition, the MWAN youth forum of the association was launched.

The event witnessed the swearing of new executive for the association, including Professor Wuraola Sokunbi as the president.

Professor Sokunbi, in her maiden speech, announced that the association intended to make a history book of the association, support development of care guidelines for treatment of different diseases in the country and make the association more prominent in the community.

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