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 continued to improve access to cancer care services, especially in diagnosis, chemotherapy and radiotherapy services.
Chemotherapy is an aggressive form of chemical drug therapy meant to destroy rapidly growing cells in the body. It’s usually used to treat cancer, as cancer cells grow and divide faster than other cells.
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The federal government, in 2019, launched the chemotherapy access treatment (CAP) programme that enables cancer patients to save up to 50 percent of the treatment cost.
Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, announced the approval on Thursday, in Abuja to mark the World Cancer Day.
Ehanire said under his watch, the health ministry has continued to improve access to cancer care services, especially in diagnosis, chemotherapy and radiotherapy services.
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He said the ministry is currently improving services in some hospitals across the country, with installation of radiotherapy machines already in advanced stages in UNTH Enugu, UBTH Benin, UDUTH Sokoto, UCH Ibadan and ABUTH Zaria.
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 said the ministry is currently improving services in some hospitals across the country, with installation of radiotherapy machines already in advanced stages in UNTH Enugu, UBTH Benin, UDUTH Sokoto, UCH Ibadan and ABUTH Zaria.