The Nation Newspaper Govt warns against reliance on external health data
The Federal Government has warned against the reliance on health data from externally sources like International bodies, instead of the Federal Ministry of Health.The Minister who was represented by the Director planning research and statistics, Dr. Chris Isokpunwu made this call yesterday in Abuja at the strategic retreat of Principal officers of thr National Assembly for the Development of the Legislative Health Agenda of the 10th Assembly health Committees.
“We want to strengthen governance, to improve population health outcomes, focus on improving the economic value chain for health as well as public health security and all of these are all galvanised by data because whatever decision you want to take, if you have the right kind of information and data, coming out from a quality source then you are likely to get it right.
One of the partners of the retreat, Development, Research And Project Centre said the aim is for the leadership of the last assembly to transfer knowledge to the present assembly.Director of Projects DRPC, Dr.
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