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Although Nigeria has acknowledged the potential health impacts of climate change, there remain gaps in planning and implementing mitigation strategies. The WHO's Climate and Health Country Profile for Nigeria (2015) highlights successes, such as the identification of a national focal point for climate change and the development of a national ...
His approach emphasizes an integrated strategy to tackle issues such as poverty, illiteracy, and social well-being, with the goal of improving overall health outcomes in Nigeria. [ 27 ] In 2024, the ministry prioritized strengthening the primary healthcare system, with a focus on improving access to basic health services for underserved ...
The Council recognized the need for a technical agency to respond to the challenges of public health emergencies in Nigeria and to enhance the country’s preparedness for epidemics through the prevention, detection, and control of communicable diseases. [7] The NCDC is modelled after the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare is one of the Federal Ministries of Nigeria concerned with the formulation and implementation of policies related to health. It is headed by two ministers appointed by the president , assisted by a permanent secretary, who is a career civil servant .
Retaining health care professionals is an important objective. Survey shows looming brain drain in Nigeria's health sector in the rising trend of emigration of healthcare personnel – physicians, pharmacists, nurses, laboratory scientists, physiotherapists and many others have difficulty getting into paid employment. Many fresh doctors, out of ...
The agency was established by the Federal Government of Nigeria on December 10, 1992, following the promulgation of Decree No. 29. This decree aimed to address the deficiencies in Nigeria's primary healthcare system by creating a dedicated body responsible for its development, coordination, and implementation across the country.
The first case in Nigeria was a Liberian-American, who flew from Liberia to Nigeria's most populated city of Lagos on 20 July 2014. On 6 August 2014, the Nigerian health minister told reporters that one of the nurses who attended to the Liberian had died from the disease. Five newly confirmed cases were being treated at an isolation ward. [182]
Malnutrition in Nigeria, directly or indirectly, is the cause of 45 percent of all death of under-five children. [1] Malnutrition is the cause of stunted growth in over 28 million children in sub-Saharan Africa . [ 2 ]