This Act provides a framework for the regulation, development and management of a health system and sets standards for rendering health services in Nigeria. It also concerns food hygiene and communicable diseases.
The Act establishes: a National Health System and describes its administrative framework both at national and local level. There is also established: the National Council on Health, the Technical Committee of the National Council on Health, the National Tertiary Health Institutions Standards Committee and the Basic Health Care Provision Fund. The Minister shall establish the National Consultative Health Forum. The Federal Ministry of Health shall, among other things, promote availability of good quality, safe and affordable essential drugs, medical commodities, hygienic food and water.
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An Act to provide a framework for the regulation, development and management of a national health system and set standards for rendering health services in the federation; and for related matters.