FG strengthens Nigeria-Canada strategic health cooperation to boost healthcare innovation resilience
Abdullateef Fowewe
The Presidency has announced a significant step forward in Nigeria’s health sector through enhanced cooperation with Canada.
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, led by Permanent Secretary Daju Kachollom, mni, convened a high-level meeting with Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Pasquale Salvaggio.
The meeting focused on “deepening bilateral cooperation aimed at accelerating health sector reforms, strengthening digital innovation, and advancing climate-resilient primary healthcare across Nigeria.”
The collaboration builds on existing partnerships and targets priority areas such as digital health infrastructure, telemedicine, disease surveillance, climate-smart primary healthcare, and public health communications. Both parties “reaffirmed their commitment to transitioning from donor dependency to sustainable, nationally owned health systems through knowledge retention and brain circulation.”
Canada pledged to maintain support for Nigeria’s Health Sector Renewal Compact, with plans underway for a sector-specific Memorandum of Understanding.
This agreement aims “to strengthen health security, improve service delivery, and accelerate progress toward Universal Health Coverage,” marking a new chapter.
