The Nasarawa State Ministry of Health has adopted the Federal Government’s Health National Adaptation Plan 2025–2030 to address the effects of climate change on the state’s health system.
The adoption was disclosed at a one-day stakeholders’ validation workshop for the Nasarawa Health State Adaptation Plan on Friday in Lafia.
The Health National Adaptation Plan is a framework for integrating climate adaptation into health policies, programmes and infrastructure development across the country.
Speaking at the workshop, the State Desk Officer for Climate Change and Health, Dr Godwin Ewuga, said climate change had contributed to several health challenges.
He said climate change affected health through the disruption of health services and injuries and deaths associated with flooding and other disasters.
Ewuga also said climate change contributed to the spread of waterborne, foodborne and vector-borne diseases, including malaria.
He added that people with pre-existing conditions such as hypertension, heart and kidney diseases and
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