Nigeria, Aug. 12 -- The federal government has unveiled a new strategy to reduce Nigeria's over-reliance on international donors for healthcare, pledging to increase domestic funding and boost local manufacturing of essential medicines and medical supplies.

The plan was announced on Monday at the HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Generative Workshop in Abuja, which brought together stakeholders to design a transition pathway to self-reliance in financing essential health services.

In his remarks, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, stressed that Nigeria must urgently take ownership of financing its health system.

Mr Pate warned that reliance on foreign aid is unsustainable.

He said for more than two...