From TCNEWS
The Chairman of a Charity Organization known as Harrison Goodness Foundation, HGF Chief Richard Harrison, has encouraged stakeholders in the health sector to brainstorm and identify ways in which Government agencies and Nongovernmental Organizations can better work together to support Nigeria meet the targets of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
He believed that the specificity of the partnership would also bring together the efforts of different stakeholders into a joint response to prevent and control to the barest minimum healthcare challenges and inadequate healthcare workers in the rural settings.
Pix: Chief Richard and Dr. Mrs Gloria Harrison, founders of HGF.
Chief Harrison interacted with our correspondent through WhatsApp chat as countries across the globe celebrate the year 2024 National One Health Day.
According to the records available, One Health Day was founded in 2016 through the efforts of the folks at the One Health Commission along with their various partners. The One Health Commission is a non-profit organization that was started in the United States in 2009, bringing together different stakeholders in the local, regional, national and international levels who are working in various sectors, including health for people, animals, plants and the environment they all share.
He expressed the commitment of Harrison Goodness Foundation to scaling up and sustaining its efforts in community health initiatives in Otampa in Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State.
His words, “I attracted the Otampa Health centre when I was a member of Abia State Executive Council, collaborated with NANIUSA – National Association of Ndi Isuikwuato USA when they donated beds to Isuikwuato General Hospital and I am married to a Medical Doctor who shared the vision of Registering HGF as a Charity Organisation in the UK and Nigeria and had led Free medical outreach in Otampa”.
Harrison maintained that Harrison Goodness Foundation, which was set up to support the vulnerable in the society cannot shy away from ensuring the wellbeing of such people.
He observed that National One Health Day, brings worldwide attention to the collaborative efforts that have been going on through One Health, bringing inclusion for current efforts and inspiration for projects to come.
Targeted toward professionals in a wide range of disciplines, One Health Day according to records also, encourages the sharing of information and support to help overcome health challenges on a planetary level.