Former Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has called for collaboration that will provide sustainable investment and resources to advance health research and innovations in Nigeria.
Adewole, who was the Chairman at the 2022 Annual International Conference on Health Advances, Innovation and Research (ICHAIR), organised by the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)
He said: “One of my core messages today is the need to transcend, to adding value and high quality homegrown research innovation to address our national health needs.
“Nigerians and Africans are known for their resilient, creativity and determination to succeed, when given an enabling environment to thrive.
He commended the NIMR for its immense contribution through various researches to proffer solutions to health issues peculiar to Nigeria and Africa at large.
Adewole, also a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, urged young participants at the conference to utilised knowledge acquired at the event to expand their scope in their various scientific field.
Prof. Akin Abayomi, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, who was a special guest at the conference said government must enable NIMR to consentualise research ideas and translate them into innovations that would help advance health delivery.
Prof. Abayomi also noted that NIMR was endowed with both physical and human resources needed to carryout it’s mandate as the quaternary research institute in the country.
Speaking earlier, the Director-General of NIMR, Prof. Babtunde Salako, said the conference which was initiated in 2011 and reposition in 2021 had become a meeting for bio-medical professionals and stakeholders within the country and beyond.
The DG commended the Federal Government for improved funding to the Institute, while appealing to the government for more funding through the Basic Health Care Provision Fund.
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