Nigeria, June 25 -- The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, disclosed this on Thursday at the C19RM Grant Closeout Meeting in Abuja, describing the intervention as a transformative investment that significantly strengthened Nigeria's health sector beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

Represented by the Director of Hospital Services, Dr. Vivian Okafor, Pate said the pandemic underscored the critical link between health security, national security, economic resilience, and sustainable development.

"The COVID-19 pandemic challenged health systems across the world and reminded us that health security is not separate from national security, economic resilience, or sustainable development," he said.

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