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June 21, 2019
The NationalAssociation of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners, NAGGMDP haschallenged state governments over appropriate infrastructure development inSecondary Health Care to achieve Universal Health Coverage, UHC.
The Association’sNational President, Abubakar Ayinla, and the General Secretary of theassociation, Nura Abubakar made the call in a communiqué at the end of theNational Executive Council meeting of NAGGMDP.
The inaugural NationalExecutive Council, NEC meeting for the 2019/2020 Executive year of theAssociation was held in Ilorin
between June 13 and 16, with the theme “State of Secondary Health Care Systemin Nigeria: Catalysing a Paradigm Shift,”.
According to thecommuniqué, states of the federation must focus on Secondary Health Care, as itis the health component of the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs anddeveloping the tertiary services.
The Associationadvised state governments to also appropriate adequate fund that shall ensuretimely payment of salaries when due.