The federal government has said that it was not likely to meet some of its Millennium Development Goals (MDG) targets by 2015.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Mr Linus Awute, made this disclosure yesterday in Abuja at the pre-57th National Council on Health (NCH) meeting. He said considering the nearness of the deadline for the MDGs, the council chose to stimulate discourse around the focus that Nigeria should take in the post 2015 development era.
Mr Atuwe added that besides carrying out the unfinished MDG work into the post 2015, the council would also give focus to non communicable diseases, including haemoglibinopathies and mental health, and develop policies and strategies for the attainment of universal health coverage in Nigeria.
“Each year during the NCH, now including the pre-NCH meetings,” he said, “we identify issues, informed by the global health agenda and our local priorities, to deliberate upon. This helps to ensure that while we are thinking globally, we are also able to act in locally appropriate ways to further improve the performance of our health system.”
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