, has said that Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative recently launched by President Bola Tinunu would improve quality health delivery for all Nigerians.
The Nation reports that the President launched the NHSRI in December 2023 as part of achieving the Renewed Hope Agenda for improved quality health outcomes for all Nigerians. The minister said that for Nigeria and African to eliminate malaria all critical stakeholders must “utilize newer evidence-based tools, quality data systems, strengthen collaborations, develop smarter financing models, and and new procurement modalities to suit our realities in Nigeria as well as the African continent.He said: “We must reimagine the routine approaches that have so far defined our interventions over the recent years.
Some of these strategies, the minister said, include the introduction of artemisinin-based combination treatments as treatment, the Affordable Medicine Facility for Malaria to make antimalarial medicines available and affordable, training of community-oriented resource persons on recognizing and treating malaria.