The Federal Ministry of Health is one of the

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concerned with the formulation and implementation of policies related to health. It is headed by two Ministers appointed by the

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, assisted by a Permanent Secretary, who is a career

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. The current Minister of Health is Osagie Ehanire. The current Minister of State for Health is Olorunimbe Mamora.

Departments

The Ministry has several departments specializing in different aspects of

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. The Family Health department is concerned with creating awareness on

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, maternal and neonatal and child health, ensuring sound nutrition including infant and young child feeding, and care of the elderly and adolescents. The department of Public Health coordinates formulation, implementation and evaluation of public health policies and guidelines. It undertakes health promotion, surveillance, prevention and control of diseases. Functions of the department of Planning Research And Statistics include developing plans and budgets and monitoring their implementation, serving as Secretariat to the National Council on Health, conducting health research in collaboration with other departments and agencies, institutions and parastatals, conducting operational research and data collection, and performing various coordination functions. Federal Ministry of Health (Nigeria) – Nigeria's

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, Orthopedic Hospitals

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and National Eye Centers. The department processes appointment of chief medical directors and medical directors, supervises oral health research, develops policies on nursing, coordinates training programmes for nurses and monitors the

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service scheme in collaboration with NPHCDA. The department of Food and Drugs Services formulates national policies, guidelines and strategies on food and drugs, and ensures ethical delivery of pharmaceutical services nationwide. The department sponsors the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development and the

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, and acts as regulator through the

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, the

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and the Institute of Public Analyst of Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Contro l is a federal agency under the Ministry. The agency was established in 2011 with the assistance of the US

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for health development.

Functions & Objectives

* Development of Plans (Rolling, Medium and Perspective) and Preparation of Budgets. * Monitoring and Evaluation of Programmes, Projects and Plans Implementation. * Serve as Secretariat to the National Council on Health. * Conduct research into the sectors over which the Ministry has jurisdiction, in collaboration with other departments and agencies, institutions and parastatals. * Conduct research into the internal organizational, operational and management modalities of the Ministry. * Routine collection and processing of Data and Statistics relating to the Ministry and the Health Sector. * Liaison with relevant bodies outside the Ministry. * Coordinating, tracking and assessing MDG projects and programmes. * Planning and coordination of Human Resources for Health development. * International Health & Resource Mobilization. * Implementation of World Bank/African Development Bank Health Systems Development Project. * Coordination of National Health Management Information System. * Serves as Secretariat of the National Health Research Ethics Committee.

Past and Present Ministers

* Osagie Ehanire (November 2019 to date)

References

Federal Ministries of Nigeria Medical and health organizations based in Nigeria

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Departments

Functions & Objectives

Past and Present Ministers

See also

References