The Federal Ministry of Health, says it will establish six regional geriatric centers in tertiary hospitals with a view to improving the health status of older person in Nigeria.
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The Coordinator, Healthcare Package for Improving Quality Care on Ageing Population in Nigeria, Saidu Dumbulwa, disclosed this in an interview with Newsmen in Abuja on Monday.
Dumbulwa, who is also a Public Health expert, said the aim of establishing geriatric centers was to address the health and social needs of the elderly in the country, through the HEPIQ-C project.
He said the project was designed to advance elderly peoples’ health and address some developmental issues relating to them.
He said President Muhammadu Buhari, had acknowledged the social and health problems the elderly population faced and saw the need to facilitate actions that would promote healthy living at old age.
According
to him, governments are now becoming aware of the need to enact policies that
would cater for the needs of the elderly who have become vulnerable, because
people have forgotten that everyone is heading towards that stage.
