He spoke at the flag-off a special medical mission to Jiwa Emirate in Abuja by Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas during the weekend.
“We want to rebuild the PHC system. We committed to doing 10,000 of it. We have done over 4000 and we are still counting. FCT has done 225, Osun state is doing 332 and Kaduna about 250. I think we will really get to the 10,000 mark.“What we are also doing is to fund the PHCs through a unique approach. We have a funding mechanism called the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund which is supported by the World Bank Foundation and the UK DFID.
“To kickstart it, we have $20m from World Bank, $2m from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to start this. The federal government has released a first quarter allocation for this initiative. While commending ANPA for organising the free medical mission to the emirate, Adewole said the federal government does not believe the pursuit of greener pastures abroad by doctors of Nigerian origin is brain loss to the nation but brain gain.