GENEVA – Nigerian Health Minister, Isaac Adewole, has said that in line with the current global direction, the country has articulated a “Change Agenda for Health” geared towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) through the Primary Health Care [PHC].
This, according to him will guarantee access to effective and qualitative healthcare by about 100million Nigerians.
He made this known on Monday, in his statement at the second plenary session of the ongoing World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.
He said, “as part of this Change Agenda, Nigeria has also recognized the potential of the health sector to reduce poverty, promote rapid socio-economic development and shared prosperity with its catalytic effect on individual productivity and that relevant process to harness this are being articulated.”
He added that “Nigeria will ensure accountability is maintained while creating strong institutions, some of which will be deployed to demonstrate our reprioritization of Non Commutable Diseases [NCDs] and Neglected Tropical Diseases [NTDs]”
The Minister also said the country’s commitment to Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs] remains unwavering, and it will continue to work on full attainment of MDGs by vigorously pursuing strategies that will improve maternal, new born and child health indices, among others.
