The Coordinating Minister of Well being and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate has mentioned that the federal authorities is working to scale back the prevalence of infectious ailments within the nation.
Talking on the 2nd APIN Public Well being Initiatives annual symposium with the theme, “Securing our future: Strengthening world well being safety in Nigeria” held yesterday in Abuja, Pate noticed that a number of consideration has been given to main public well being ailments of significance over time whereas uncared for tropical ailments that are frequent among the many poor nonetheless thrive in our communities and urges public well being practitioners to do extra on this route.
Pate who was epresented by the Director of Port Well being Companies on the ministry, Dr Nse Akpan , famous that Malaria, HIV and Tuberculosis, that are the main public well being ailments are dropping however extra nonetheless must be performed and known as for collaboration between the federal government and companions to sort out these illness with a view to obtain the Common Well being Protection.
He mentioned, “For those who take a look at the theme for this yr’s occasion, it’s speaking about securing our future. How can we safe our future if we work independently? The federal government is asking on all of the stakeholders, and we must always have a platform and collectively. We have to step up efforts to scale back the prevalence of infectious ailments and lots of different ailments on this nation
The minister acknowledged that authorities is working towards a one-health strategy to combine all programmes and sort out ailments with efficient response, in order that we’ll be capable to include, and if potential, eradicate all ailments of significance on this Nation.
In his remarks, the Board Chairman, APIN Public Well being Initiatives, Dr Oladipo Shittu highlighted the necessity for the nation to place in place a resilient well being system that may allow or not it’s reply and stop public well being threats.
He mentioned,”Not too long ago, the world was thrown into some state of inactivity by COVID-19, and all of us needed to face its penalties and results on all spheres of our lives. By the way, all nations felt the financial penalties of that situation. Since then, the worldwide group has needed to come to phrases with the necessity to securitise well being, and our nation just isn’t an exception.
“It’s crucial for us to sq. up, and take care of all these challenges. All of us must place ourselves to look into the way forward for our beloved nation, and ask ourselves, how are we ready to return to phrases with well being safety in our area?
Shittu emphasised the necessity to disseminate the result of the symposium to all of the states within the nation, in order that they prioritise well being safety, and commit a few of these safety points to well being safety.
Chief Govt Officer of APIN Public Well being Initiatives, Dr Prosper Okonkwo, famous that efficient well being safety transcends disease-specific approaches as they require a resilient and adaptable well being system that may adapt, that may detect, assess, reply to, and include each present and rising well being challenges.
Okonkwo acknowledged that the emergence and re-emergence of infectious ailments have dominated the worldwide well being panorama, highlighting individuals’s vulnerabilities in our well being techniques worldwide.
He asserted that the COVID-19 pandemic acted as a worldwide alert, highlighting the obstacles of the USA atmosphere including that the pandemic introduced all the world, wealthy nations, poor nations, powerful males, not too powerful males, small and mighty, introduced all people to speak.
He mentioned,” For nations like Nigeria, which at the moment are coping with the challenges of the worldwide burden of infectious and non-communicable ailments primarily, in addition to system-wide and sectoral reform such occasions underscore the need for a sturdy well being care system.
Okonkwo noticed that the main focus of the symposium was on how one can improve well being safety in Nigeria with respect to infectious ailments within the nation with some emphasis on HIV-solvents.
He noticed that the well being infrastructure in Nigeria faces extreme challenges including that strengthening well being safety is paramount in defending the inhabitants from well being threats.
Okonkwo acknowledged that world well being safety includes getting ready for and responding to public well being threats and securing Nigeria’s well being future isn’t just about getting ready for at the moment’s challenges, however about constructing a resilient system that may adapt to the evolving panorama of public well being.
