Niger govt, UNDP, US-based centre partner to improve health sector

The Niger State Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is partnering with the Nigerian Consulate and Montefiore Medical Center in New York to improve access, technology, and human resources in the state’s health sector.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Digital Media and Strategy, Abdulbaqy Usman Ebbo, disclosed on his Facebook page that Governor Mohammed Bago visited the hospital headquarters in New York after concluding his activities at the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79).

Abdulbaqy Ebbo described Montefiore Medical Center as a premier academic health system renowned for pushing the boundaries in every field, from research to the discovery of life-saving cures, from innovations in patient care to advancements in public health, and world-class medical education.

Ebbo stressed that this partnership is part of the Governor’s deliberate effort to expand investments in healthcare delivery by collaborating with top-notch, state-of-the-art medical centers in the United States for direct technical assistance and the training of medical professionals in various sub-specialties in the state.

In Abdulbaqy’s said: “The Governor was hosted by Dr. Philip Ozuah, a Nigerian physician who is the President and CEO of Montefiore Medicine, the umbrella organization for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System, which includes 13 member hospitals, 300 ambulatory sites, and 7.5 million patient encounters yearly, with over $8 billion in annual revenues.”

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He explained that Dr. Ozuah is a nationally recognized leader, executive, researcher, teacher, and author in the USA, who leads an organization with 10,000 doctors and 53,000 employees, serving a diverse group of patients.

Abdulbaqy Ebbo also added that Dr. Ozuah is a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded researcher, an award-winning educator, and a Professor and University Chairman of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.

He noted that Dr. Ozuah has expanded access to care for underserved communities, recruited and cultivated outstanding talent, advanced programs of excellence, fostered innovations in medicine and science, and improved financial and operational performance by integrating care across a rapidly growing and evolving Montefiore system.