Search
  1. Home
  2. West Africa
  3. Nigeria

Plan to revamp health sector

    ABIDJAN

    The National Council of Health, Nigeria’s highest medical authority, has adopted proposals aimed at revamping the health sector, ‘The Guardian’, a Lagos daily, reported on Monday. The Council wants the state to provide more funding for the rehabilitation and refurbishing of health centres and hospitals, programmes to curb the spread of infectious diseases, and the fight against the parallel drug market where fake and adulterated drugs are sold at cheaper prices.

    The Council’s proposals, made at a weekend meeting, followed an announcement last month by the government that it was building some 200 new medical centres so as to strengthen the nation’s primary health sector.

    Dysfunctional physical infrastructure and equipment and a high number of doctors and pharmacists who cannot complete their internships are factors hindering Nigeria’s health system, Health Minister Alphonse Nwosu said.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

    Share this article

    Our ability to deliver compelling, field-based reporting on humanitarian crises rests on a few key principles: deep expertise, an unwavering commitment to amplifying affected voices, and a belief in the power of independent journalism to drive real change.

    We need your help to sustain and expand our work. Your donation will support our unique approach to journalism, helping fund everything from field-based investigations to the innovative storytelling that ensures marginalised voices are heard.

    Please consider joining our membership programme. Together, we can continue to make a meaningful impact on how the world responds to crises.

    Become a member of The New Humanitarian

    Support our journalism and become more involved in our community. Help us deliver informative, accessible, independent journalism that you can trust and provides accountability to the millions of people affected by crises worldwide.

    Join