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Saving One Million Lives Progammme for Results (SOMLPforR)

The Saving One Million Lives Programmme for Results (SOMLPforR) is a World Bank assisted Federal Government initiative aimed at strengthening States’ health systems through improvement in Maternal Child Health (MCH) indicators. These indicators include but not limited to: Immunization, Nutrition/Vitamin A Supplementation, Use of Long-Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets, Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV, Use of modern contraceptive methods and Skilled Birth Attendance.

The Federal Government and the States through the respective Ministries of Health, and the State Primary Health Care Development Agencies can by various means at their disposal, influence the uptake/utilization of these and other services at the primary health care level by members of the community and ensure also that the services are of good quality.

Being a results-based intervention, States are encouraged to invest in activities that ensure healthy outcomes for mothers and children and are rewarded for good performances measured by specific qualitative and quantitative indicators. Funds earned are re-invested to ensure better health outcomes.

Rationale/Sectoral and Institutional Context for the programme are as follows:

  • About 900,000 mothers and children die annually in Nigeria with Nigeria contributing Substantially to Global Under-Five and Maternal Mortality.
  • Low Quality of Care.
  • Accountability Mechanisms are Weak.
  • Limited Progress on Health Service Delivery.

SOMLPforR in Rivers State

Management Structure

The programme is supervised by the Programme Steering Committee headed by the Honourable Commissioner, Rivers State Ministry of Health and comprising of stakeholders from the Ministries of Health and Finance, the Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board, Development Partners and Professional Groups.

The Program Management Unit (PMU) is in charge of the day-to-day implementation of SOMLPforR and responsible for the coordination of SOML activities in the State through a “Technical Consultative Group” chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Rivers State Ministry of Health, Mrs Caroline Wali. The PMU is headed by the State Program Manager, Dr Pauline Green (Consultant Public Health Physician). The PMU is domiciled in the department of planning, research and statistics of the Rivers State Ministry of Health.

Achievements of Rivers State SOMLPforR from 2017 till date:

With the first seed money given to all 36 States plus Federal Capital Territory, investment was made select intervention which yielded measurable results.

S/N INTERVENTIONS/PERFORMANCE 2015 2018
1 PENTA 3 67.7 82.6
2 MALARIA (LLINs) 29.0 24.1
3 CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE RATE/FAMILY PLANNING 20.3 27.4
4 SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE 81.6 52.7
5 VITAMIN A/NUTRITION 54.8 60.1
6 EMTCT/HIV 50.7 48.0

Further earnings have been invested smartly as follows:

  • Logistics support for routine immunization activities (PUSH of vaccines).
  • Logistics support for Outreach activities
  • Sponsorship of Ward Development Committees
  • Maintenance/repair of Cold Chain Equipment
  • Training/Capacity Development of health care providers
  • Funding of Maternal and Child Health Weeks since 2016
  • Capacity development of State/LGA/Facility staff
  • Procurement and distribution of 1st, 2nd and 3rd line HIV Test Kits for Elimination of Mother To Child Transmission of HIV
  • Funding of Capacity Development training for Volunteer testers
  • Funding support for Advocacy activities
  • Funding support for World AIDS Days commemoration
  • Orientation of Traditional Birth Attendants on importance of HIV Testing for pregnant women
  • Procurement and distribution of Long-Lasting Insecticide treated Nets (LLINs)
  • Providing Incentives for children who sleep under LLINs
  • Funding support for Advocacy and Community Mobilization activities
  • Monitoring/Spot checks on use of LLINs
  • Procurement and distribution of Family Planning Consumables
  • Logistics support for distribution of Family Planning Commodities
  • Funding support for Advocacy and Community Mobilization activities
  • Procurement and distribution of MAMA Packs to encourage Health Facility delivery
  • Funding of IPC Agents/Community Influencers

GOING FORWARD: 

The Dr Pauline Green led PMU OF SOMLPforR Rivers State under the direction of the leadership of the Health Sector and support from the National Program Office is relentless in its mission to ensure the achievements of SOML objectives and mandate by continued investment in result-oriented activities and programmes guided by data from the field and best practices in health. Yearly workplans that address the SOML-specific gaps and needs identified are developed with performance constantly appraised and constantly reviewed.

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Block 'A', 2nd Floor, State Secretariat Complex,
Ministry of Health,
Port Harcourt,
Rivers State

Contacts

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