Chai! You don hear wetin dey happen for Nigeria health sector? E be like say we never sabi who get our health data gist.
As e be now, our hospitals, labs and community programs dey collect plenty data, but who dey truly own am? Naija hospitals dey do their own tinz, but foreign health partners dey shine eye pass us. Why?
Na because dem sabi how to put all dis wahala together! Those international guys dey blend data like say dem dey cook jollof rice. But Naija? We dey just gather data like rice wey no get pot. E dey there, but no be every time we fit manage am well.
Omo, see, these international partners sabi track everything! From maternal health to disease pattern, dem dey always get beta insight wey fit help government plan well. But for Naija, na only local big man things we dey do. Federal and state hospitals dey collect data like say na hot cake, but dem no fit join am together to form one solid national picture!
Wetin be the koko wey cause this wahala? E be say we no get common understanding or framework to keep this data. Na by that, we dey always react to health issues instead of planning ahead.
Abeg, make I yan am as e be. For here, we dey manage data anyhow, while countries wey dey use this as checking points dey take their health planning serious!
When we go fit build our own data system wey go dey connect all these people wey dey do health work for Naija? We gatz make am structured, because we get the raw inputs. Each test wey person do, each blood pressure wey dem measure, na all dis one dey contribute to a bigger health story.
Wetin we need, na framework wey go allow all this data blend together and create lasting national understanding. Di way dem dey operate, na no be proximity matter, na correct structure matter!
If we fit align our health intelligence with wetin these international partners dey do, we go gain plenty plans wey no dey based on guesswork. Dem go come team up with us instead of just filling gaps.
We gatz set national rules on how we dey collect, retain, and share this health data. Naija fit do am! All these health data no suppose dey for corner, wetin we need na coordination and unity.
This no be say we want remove foreign partners o, e go even make our work easier and bring us closer as we share common goals!
At the end of the day, who get the truth for our health matter? If government fit get the clear picture, dem fit govern well. We don reach the junction if Naija go fit learn from its own health activities.
Adey shell-shock for this matter o, because wetin we talk go determine how we fit protect our health future. Na time wey we go fit change the game, no dey miss am!
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