, says establishing a Medical Research Council will provide opportunities to solve health challenges locally.
“Globally, the medical research council funds medical research and the advantage is that countries, where they exist, can actually focus on the variance of health challenges that are affecting the people and providing solutions,” he said. “A nation with good health and high life expectancy is likely to have a good healthy workforce that will build and improve the economy in all ramifications.”Mr Salako said Nigeria had always depended more on donor funding for health research activities.
“We know the diseases that are responsible for this, so if we have funding to address those challenges, we will certainly be able to involve the development of new drugs, new vaccines, new approaches to treatment, new prevention, and this can only come from evidence from research.”
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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