Cancer Care Must Not Depend On Status, Govt Says

The national authorities has reiterated its committedness to ensuring equitable entree to prime crab prevention, attraction and attraction for each Nigerians, careless of their societal oregon economical status.

Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, stated this connected Thursday astatine the opening ceremonial of the 2025 International Cancer Week (ICW), which was organised by the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT) successful collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare successful Abuja.

Dr Salako described the league theme, “Redefining the Future of Cancer: Prevention, Access and Equity for All,” arsenic apt and timely, emphasising that it aligns with President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

“This taxable highlights the request to research greater preventive measures and prioritise equitable assets sharing to trim the crab load successful Nigeria. President Tinubu’s authorities remains committed to providing the indispensable support, particularly backing and stronger partnerships with section and planetary stakeholders, to present effectual and businesslike crab care,” helium said.

Salako disclosed that the national authorities is reviewing recommendations from a caller study by planetary method experts, including the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Nigerian specialists, to usher argumentation implementation and reforms successful crab control.

He besides disclosed that efforts are underway to betterment the National Cancer Health Fund, fortify its impact, and see further crab centres nationwide to trim diligent suffering and amended outcomes.

“The Tinubu-led medication is committed to ensuring that each Nigerian, careless of economical status, people oregon location, has entree to prime healthcare. There is nary going backmost connected this promise,” the curate assured.

In his remarks, the Director-General of NICRAT, Prof. Usman Malami Aliyu, said the International Cancer Week serves arsenic a captious level for planetary collaboration, technological exchange, and the advancement of innovative solutions successful crab care.

Prof. Aliyu highlighted the institute’s achievements since its constitution 2 years ago, noting that NICRAT has signed implicit 20 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with apical planetary institutions, including the Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins University, and Virginia Commonwealth University’s Massey Comprehensive Cancer Centre.

He said these collaborations thrust research, objective training, and mentorship successful Nigeria’s crab ecosystem.

He further revealed the motorboat of the Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Cancer Research and Implementation successful Nigeria (SINCCAR) Initiative, targeting teaching hospitals and early-career researchers crossed the six geopolitical zones.

He besides said that NICRAT is partnering with Syndicate-Bio and respective teaching hospitals connected the Nigeria Cancer Genome Study (NCGS) to analyse familial mutations and variants successful selected crab types, a measurement toward improving precision medicine successful the country.

Prof. Aliyu commended President Tinubu and First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu for their unwavering enactment successful the combat against cancer, peculiarly done the Taskforce Committee connected the Elimination of Cervical Cancer successful Nigeria.

The lawsuit was attended by apical dignitaries, including the First Lady of Imo State and National Secretary of the Renewed Hope Initiative, Barr Chioma Uzodinma, and the Chairman of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe.