Nigeria’s new health policy will combat rising non-communicable diseases – Official

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has said that the National Task-Shifting and Task-Sharing (NTSTS) Policy for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs-NTSTS) in Nigeria is set to be adopted.

When adopted it will be an addendum to the ministry’s Task-Shifting and Task-Sharing Policy for Essential Health Care Services, Anyaike Chukwuma, director of Public Health in the Ministry, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday, in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.

Mr Chukwuma spoke on the sidelines of a Technical Session of the 64th National Council on Health (NCH).