Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director- General, NCDC, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Saturday that it is very important to adhere to public health and social measures required to reduce the risk of spread of COVID-19.
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Like other developing countries, Nigeria now, more than ever before, has to seriously confront the challenge of creating a modern health services delivery system that guarantees efficient, fast and accessible solutions capable of curtailing fatalities associated with common diseases and their devastating impact on families, communities, and development.
Mustapha, who doubles as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, made the appeal at the PTF daily briefing on Monday in Abuja.
A Public Health Physician, Dr. Chioma Nwakanma, has attributed the general belief and saying “it is not my portion” to leading cause of cancer death in Africa.
The management of Public health has remained a great challenge to all Governments across the world, especially in developing countries like Nigeria. This has remained so because of the dynamic nature of illnesses evolving on regular basis, sometimes with stubborn or even drug resistant pathogens, militating social aspects and economic indices.
He told correspondents that the youths were being posted to various states to begin work on December 1 as teachers, agriculture extension workers and public health officials