The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, through its National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP), has launched the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Fund to support cancer patients in the South-East geopolitical zone.
The initiative, tagged “Removing Barriers to Cancer Care: Supporting Access to Life-Saving Treatment,” identified 21 beneficiaries from the five South-East States for the first phase of the programme.
Each beneficiary will receive N100,000, bringing the total disbursement to N2.1 million.
Iziaq Salako, the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, who spoke during the launch at the International Conference Centre, Enugu, recently, said the intervention was designed to address the socio-economic challenges that often prevent cancer patients from accessing treatment.
Salako, who was represented by Daju Kachollom, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, noted that the Enugu launch followed the successful rollout of the programme in the North-Central zone in Abuja.
She revealed the Federal Government’s
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