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TODAY February 5, 2021 The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has approved 12 additional hospitals for chemotherapy in the ongoing Cancer Access Partnership Programme aimed at over 50 per cent cost reduction. He disclosed this in a statement he issued on Thursday in Abuja to mark the World Cancer Day, annually marked on February 4 to raise awareness on cancer and to encourage its prevention, early detection, and treatment. He said that the Federal Ministry of Health under his watch had conti...

Williams Babalola The Federal Government of Nigeria has okayed 12 hospitals for cancer treatment in the ongoing Cancer Access Partnership Programme. The hospital is aimed at over 50 per cent cost reduction, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, disclosed in Abuja on Thursday during the World Cancer Day. He reiterated the commitment of the Federal Ministry of Health under his watch to improve access to cancer care services, especially in diagnosis, chemotherapy and radiotherapy services. He sa...