Amid a shift in the United States (U.S.) development assistance policy, Nigeria yesterday unveiled major strategies in domestic health sector investments.
The strategies approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at its meeting in Abuja include a $1 billion initiative to strengthen human capital development and N4.8 billion for the Presidential Treatment Programme for HIV patients.
Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, who briefed reporters at the State House, Abuja, said a standing committee has been raised.
Pate named representatives of the ministries of Finance, Health, Environment, Defense and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) as members of the committee saddled with developing a sustainability plan.
The proactive steps taken by the Council to safeguard the health sector came after the U.S. government granted an emergency humanitarian waiver, pulling the brake on previous funding of HIV treatment in developing countries.
