PROFILE OF THE RURAL CLINICAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS
FOUNDATION (RCHSF)
INTRODUCTION
Health as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) is not just the absence of disease but the state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing.
It is a fundamental right of any citizen and should be of paramount importance to any government.
Population continues to expand and put the health systems anywhere under increasing pressure. Funding for the health system is far below the WHO recommendation.
Health insurance is facing lots of challenges at the Federal level and is yet to be adopted by many States across the Federation.
Expenditure for health care is mostly out of pocket, and with the harsh economy, most citizens are unable to meet up with their health expenses. A lot patient with life threatening medical conditions are unable to access health care to manage their disease conditions.
Most health facilities especially at the primary and secondary levels are performing at abysmal levels and largely non-functional. There is decay in infrastructure, poor manpower and lack of adequate equipment, drugs and consumables.
Government alone cannot solve the ever growing challenges in the health sector. This makes it important that all stakeholders stand together to support whatever the government is doing in the sector. This is the role that RCHSF intends to play as an organization.
AIMS/OBJECTIVE
To mobilize resources and fund medical care for indigent patients.
To mobilize resources for the upgrade of health facilities and improve service delivery.
To mobilize, organize and fund awareness creation on health and related issues.
To mobilize resources, fund and organize health outreaches in rural communities.
VISION
A fully functional Non-Governmental Organization giving support to the health sector to ensure standard health care delivery in rural health facilities and to indigent patients to access standard health care.
MISSION
To advocate, mobilize resources and organize support for rural health facilities and indigent patients.
CORE VALUES
Accountability
High Ethical Practice
People Oriented Service
SLOGAN
Good Health to The People
CURRENT SITUATION IN SOME OF OUR RURAL HEALTH SETTINGS
ACTIVITIES
Free rural medical services
Indigent patient care
Health awareness creation in rural settings
Upgrade of rural health facilities
Strategies to fill up critical manpower gap (school of health technology and college of nursing collaborations)
Partnership
We are open to partnership with your organization or government towards providing standard health care to our rural population and support for our indigent patients.
Support
We call on you to give attention to this huge gaps identified in our rural health system and throw your support to our quest for a remarkable improvement in the quality of health care given to our people in rural settings.
Conclusion
Our rural settings are unique and share the common burden of poor infrastructure across all sectors. The health sector is not isolated from this challenge. The scarcity of resources to government means partnership, synergy and collaboration between the public and private sector is critical towards overcoming the obstacles preventing the provision of improved health care to our rural population. Together we can create huge impact in the provision of standard health care to our rural populace.