The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Pate, said the Federal Government would expand the number of functional primary healthcare centres from approximately 1,800 in 2023 to 17,000 by 2027. ‘We are expanding the number of functional primary healthcare centres from approximately 1,800 in 2023 to 17,000 by 2027. ‘Not merely a numerical goal, it is a …

The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Iziaq Salako has assured Nigerians that the mass emigration of healthcare professionals, referred to as the ‘japa syndrome’, will soon come to an end. Salako spoke during a working visit to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) yesterday in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The minister attributed the impending end of the …

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, has said three major cancer facilities with equipment investments will be inaugurated by May 2025. Pate made this known on Monday when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, according to The PUNCH He said, “For the first time in Nigeria’s history, six major cancer infrastructure, and equipment investments …

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has expressed confidence that the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative (NHSRII), which President Bola Tinunu launched recently, will improve quality health delivery for all Nigerians. Pate said the NHSRI was anchored on a sector-wide approach, in which the President had mandated every actor within the nation’s health …

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has said that the Federal Government is working toward improving the condition of service of Nigerian doctors to check migration of the medical personnel. At the News Agency of Nigeria ministerial forum in Abuja, the minister also said that the Federal Government had been working toward engaging experienced Nigerian doctors living abroad in …