Health commissioner Felix Tangwami disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Yola.
The Anambra government began recruiting community-based health workers on Tuesday to strengthen grassroots healthcare delivery across the state.
The Katsina government and Care Nigeria have inaugurated a project aimed at enhancing essential reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition services.
Obesity has surpassed underweight as the most common form of malnutrition among school-age children and adolescents worldwide for the first time in history.
Mr Verghis highlighted several World Bank-supported initiatives aimed at electrifying healthcare facilities in Nigeria.
Mr Tomori called on West African governments to take concrete steps to defeat Lassa fever, which continues to ravage the region.
Mr Salako commended the Delta government for its significant investments in the health sector.
Wafaa Saeed, UNICEF country representative, stated that the project was designed to mitigate climate-related hazards affecting children.
The director-general explained that the ambitious toilet projects were aimed at eradicating open defecation in Kaduna by 2030, in line with national objectives.
He revealed that no new medical recruitment had occurred in the FCT health sector since 2011.
