By Nnedinma Okeke
With the aim of gathering accurate data to inform Primary Health Care (PHC) improvements across State, the Anambra State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ASPHCDA) together with State Ministry of Health (SMOH) and Partners has held a one-day training for Enumerators and Supervisors on PHCs facility assessment.
The objective of the activity is to strengthen PHC service delivery across Anambra through improved leadership, coordination, and quality healthcare practices at all levels. It also aims to identify and establish clear, measurable goals for Primary Health Care improvement and sustainable development in the state.
The Director, Disease Control and Immunization, ASPHCDA- Dr Nnamdi Placid Uliagbafusi during his opening remark urged the training participants to listen effectively so as to be able to get the knowledge of what was expected of them in the field.
“What we require is an accurate, unbiased and reliable data as a biased and unreliable data will deter goals of the exercise,” he said, while expressing gratitude to the Partners and Consultant guiding the PHC Leadership challenge programme in Anambra.
The Coordinator, Anambra PHC Leadership Challenge, Mrs Uju Onwuegbuzina explained that the exercise was geared toward strengthening the PHC system while addressing gaps in its services.
She recalled that Anambra State won overall best in Nigeria, best in Southeast Region in December, 2024 and took second best in Southeast Region in December, 2025.
Mrs Onwuegbuzina emphasized that the training was to impact knowledge to the Enumerators and Supervisors who were to carry out a field exercise to examine services and gaps at the PHCs level to enable the state to know the areas that need strengthening so as to attain best position in the 2026 PHC Leadership challenge.
WHO Representative, Mr Valentine Obiajulu, speaking on behalf of WHO and Partners, explained that roles of the Enumerators and Supervisors was critical in generating reliable data that would inform decision-making, strengthen health systems, and improve service delivery at the grassroots level.
He urged all participants to actively engage, uphold data quality standards, and maintain professionalism throughout the exercise.
The UNICEF Strategic and Behavioral Change (SBC) Consultant, Mr Victor James noted that the assessment exercise would provide the foundation for evidence-based decision-making, ensure targeted interventions, data quality and integrity for effective decision-making with emphasis on collecting accurate, reliable, and valid information to drive meaningful PHC improvements.
Mr Shadrach Nwekeagu, Anambra State PHC Leadership Challenge Consultant, said that while the exercise is meant to reward efforts, its also reinvented initiatives to identify gaps in the PHC system and fill those gaps. He explained that aside the Enumerators and Supervisors there were other members of the team to include; the Independent Verification Agents (IVA) who are to provide another layer of data validation.
In attendance at the event includes; the Director Community Health Services, ASPHCDA- Dr Ngozi Okeke and National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) Anambra State Coordinator- Mr Obioha Agbakwuru.
Nnedinma is of the Ministry of Information, Anambra State
