The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has said that the National Task-Shifting and Task-Sharing (NTSTS) Policy for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs-NTSTS) in Nigeria is set to be adopted.
When adopted it will be an addendum to the ministry’s Task-Shifting and Task-Sharing Policy for Essential Health Care Services, Anyaike Chukwuma, director of Public Health in the Ministry, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday, in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.
Mr Chukwuma spoke on the sidelines of a Technical Session of the 64th National Council on Health (NCH).
NAN reports that the NCH, a top policy-making body in the Nigerian health sector, brings together leaders in the health sector such as Permanent Secretaries, commissioners of health, heads of parastatals and directors, to discuss health-related issues.
Every year, the NCH is held to discuss ways to improve the country’s health sector and approve excellent policies…