The federal government has launched a National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS), to provides a roadmap to improve public health in Nigeria.
Speaking during the launching of the NAPHS, yesterday, in Abuja, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole said, “The President Muhammadu Buhari and another member of the Executive Council Meeting (ECM) received a weekly update on the state of a national health emergency in Nigeria.
“We are moving closer to build a robot insecurity capacity and why we have made progress in the different area, the development of this (NAPHS) is required as a guide to achieve more success in the health sector,” he said.
According to him, it gives me joy for the first time in this country that we good healthcare, because the leadership of Mr. President is involved in the protection of the life of Nigeria citizen within and outside the health sector.
He encouraged all stakeholders from public and private sectors, to carefully key into the document and use it as a country owner roadmap for health security.
In his past, The Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Dr. Chikwe lhekweazu, said, “ The launching of NAPHS is encouraging progress, the best defense against outbreaks and other crises is strong, resilient health systems based on peoples centered primary care.
“Keeping the world safe is one of WHO top priorities. But global health security is a shared responsibility Scaling up and financing the implementation of the International Health Regulations is vital for building sustainable capacities to detect respond to emergencies, ” he said.
Source: Leadership