PLATEAU STATE STRATEGIC HEALTH DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2010-2015)

Abstract

Plateau state has adopted the evidence based NSHDP Framework with its overarching goal of improving and maintaining the health status of its more than 3million people as well as meeting the MDGs in 2015. Plateau state’s overall health system performance is far from efficient in terms of policy, leadership and governance, health financing, health service delivery, human resource for health among others. In addition, there is gross underfunding of the health sector especially in the last decade, at both state and LGA levels, with 6% of the state budget and <15% of the LGAs budget allocated to health respectively. Health service delivery in the state is seriously hampered by low Human Resource for Health occasioned by embargo on employment, mal-distribution of available Health Care Professionals (Doctors and Nurses/midwives), frequent drug stock outs, high cost of medical services, no health insurance as well as geographic inaccessibility in some LGAs.