Defence Chief Advocates Investment In Health Sector

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has called for much concern successful a wellness strategy supporting subject and nationalist development.

He made the telephone astatine the 20th day of the Ministry of Defence Health Implementation Programme (MODHIP) and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Africa, with the taxable “Forging the Future: 20 Years of Military-to-Military Partnership that Advances Force Readiness and Public Health.”

He said the partnership, established implicit the past 2 decades, has been established connected the instauration of service, science, and sacrifice. It has emerged arsenic a awesome of military-to-military collaboration that enhances nationalist wellness some wrong and beyond the military.

According to him, the programme has exhibited an bonzer dedication to protecting our nation’s subject and their families, enhancing wellness outcomes, and preserving lives.

He noted its impacts done initiatives specified arsenic the proviso of HIV prevention, care, and attraction to thousands of individuals, arsenic good arsenic the accelerated and effectual effect to the COVID-19 pandemic, among others.

“These interventions person not lone maintained the spot of our equipped forces but person besides had a important interaction connected the broader Nigerian society.

“The investments successful probe and capableness gathering are arsenic commendable, arsenic they person positioned Nigeria astatine the forefront of confronting emerging infectious diseases, expanded objective knowledge, and empowered thousands of healthcare workers.

“The shared imaginativeness of constructing a resilient wellness strategy that supports some subject readiness and nationalist improvement is exemplified by the constitution of world-class laboratories, probe centres, and grooming facilities passim the country,” helium said.

The CDS noted further that the concern has produced galore landmark successes successful strengthening wellness systems crossed 32 supported subject wellness facilities successful Nigeria, successful summation to its foundational mission.

According to him, among these accomplishments is the constitution of the Defence Reference Laboratory Abuja, which the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation has accredited.

” In summation to the statistic and infrastructure, we indispensable recognise the quality narratives of resilience and anticipation this concern has facilitated that it is simply a bequest that embodies the genuine tone of shared work and solidarity,” helium added.

General Musa, therefore, implored each stakeholders to stay resolute successful their committedness to this laudable cause.

He reiterated that the Nigerian Armed Forces are dedicated to the continuity of this partnership, the enlargement of its frontiers, and the preservation of its accomplishments for aboriginal generations.

The Defence Chief commended the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Africa for its committedness to enhancing healthcare outcomes, promoting aesculapian research, and fostering planetary collaboration.