Nigeria has launched the Health and Nutrition Emergency Response (HNER) project to reduce high cases of “morbidity and mortality” of its citizens through provision of life-saving services to persons affected by insurgency in the northeast region.
Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole made this known at the midterm review session held in Maiduguri city, northeast Nigeria.
The project is to assess affected population to an essential package of primary and secondary life-saving health services, as well as strengthen capacity for disaster preparedness and response at three tiers of health system in the region.
The country plans a six-month implementation based on leadership; governance, accountability and coordination to achieve targeted emergency health responses in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.
According to the Representative of World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Alemu Magednehu 21 health partners were in involved in the midterm review.
