The Particular Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Well being, Dr. Salma Ibrahim Anas, has emphasised the significance of supporting susceptible populations in Nigeria to allow them to entry well being via focused well being promotion initiatives.
Anas disclosed this in Abuja on the convention commemorating Well being Promotion Division (HPD) Day, highlighting the necessity to develop methods that handle the monetary challenges confronted by those that wrestle to afford cost-effective care.
In line with her, “the methods ought to goal those that can not afford to pay for care within the hospital because of the excessive value of medication and another monetary constraint or boundaries to accessing care.”
Anas was represented by Dr. Ogwe, who mentioned: “The actual goal for this well being promotion can be those that can not afford to pay for cost-effective care once they fall sick. So the technique can be, how can we attain those that are within the majority and who can not afford to pay for the care.
“And if you wish to obtain most success, and result’s to develop methods that can goal those that can not afford to pay for care within the hospital because of the excessive value of medication and another monetary constraint or boundaries to accessing care.”
In his handle, the Minister of Well being and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, praised President Tinubu for recognising that Nigerians are priceless belongings.
He burdened the significance of preventive well being measures and urged residents to be proactive about their well being by repeatedly checking very important statistics like blood strain, glucose, and levels of cholesterol.
He mentioned, “So this present day is to rejoice well being promotion to provide a inventory of well being for all Nigerians. As a result of even if you’re wholesome immediately, there are steps you could take to advertise your well being and protect your well being, as a result of by the point you get sick, Its most likely too late and dear for you.
“It’s expensive for your loved ones continually for the federal government to deal with you. And for us within the ministry, we wish to be the Ministry of Well being. Not the Ministry of illness or Ministry of illness.
“And due to that, a wholesome machine is a sure necessary component for Nigerians, and is why we have now picked this present day to teach Nigerians to remember. That there are issues that we are able to do.”
In his remarks, the chairman of the Native Organizing Committee, Dr. Ejike Oji, reiterated the pressing want for efficient well being promotion methods, citing challenges from the nationwide Demographic Well being Survey that point out excessive charges of preventable ailments, malnutrition, and non-communicable ailments.
Oji emphasised that the monetary burden of healthcare prices on households and the healthcare system additional underscores the need for preventive approaches.
He mentioned, “The burden of well being care prices on households and the well being care system underscores the necessity for preventive approaches. And that can cut back illness prevalence and enhance well-being.
“Nigeria remains to be one of many international locations which have the very best out-of-pocket expenditure. After which if we take preventive approaches, it would deliver it down very, very properly.”
