Stakeholders in the health sector have called for the establishment of medical research council to fund research works peculiar to the country.
The stakeholders made the call on Wednesday at a meeting held in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Speaking, the Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Prof Babatunde Salako, said most modern successful countries are functional through research and development which is anchored by a health research funding agency. “The best thing that can happen to Nigeria is for Nigeria to create its medical research council to fund health research for all health researchers in the country.”
“We might also be able to develop our drugs. Research can provide new knowledge and new evidence, and more importantly, for decision-makers, research can provide evidence for a policy that will have a significant positive impact,” he said.
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