Mr Idris particularly warned against poor food hygiene during festive gatherings.
The NHIA director-general called on state governments and healthcare stakeholders to invest in targeted health financing and insurance for women.
Attacks on health facilities also escalated, with 37 incidents reported in the past month, according to WHO.
He said 205 employed workers were nurses and midwives who graduated from the state-owned Shehu Sule College of Nursing and Midwifery, Damaturu.
Mr Emeje also emphasised the need to prioritise research, science, technology and innovation.
“By the time you start having liver or kidney problems, organ transplants can cost upwards of N20 million,” the urologist stated.
The commissioner said the governor had signed into law a groundbreaking premarital health screening bill.
Mr Idris outlined key preventive measures to curb the spread of the disease.
A GMO is a plant, animal, or microbe in which one or more changes have been made to their genetic makeup.
She stressed the importance of the food sector in adopting robust food safety standards.
