Minister seeks EU partnership to end HIV, TB, malaria

The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate

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Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has urged Europe to intensify its long-standing partnership with Africa to combat HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, and other major public health threats.

According to a post obtained from the Federal Ministry of Health’s official X handle on Friday, addressing members of the European Parliament earlier this week, Prof. Pate welcomed renewed commitments by the European Commission to global health financing. He emphasised that Europe’s engagement with Africa is “a strategic priority — an investment in our shared humanity and global stability.”

“We all win if we invest in taking care of our basic humanity,” he said, cautioning that decades of progress are at a pivotal point and must not be reversed.

Highlighting momentum from recent global health dialogues, from Johannesburg to Brussels, Pate called on international partners to intensify collaborative efforts.

The minister underscored that defeating deadly diseases requires stronger multilateral cooperation, greater investment in research, innovation, and local manufacturing, as well as shared responsibility and accountability for global health goals.

“We must choose courage. We must choose partnership. We must choose to finish what we started. A world free of these diseases is not a dream, it is a decision,” he declared.

Pate emphasized that deeper EU, Africa collaboration directly supports Nigeria’s priorities to improve health and wellbeing for citizens.

According to him, the key benefits include, sustained access to essential medicines, vaccines and new technologies, increased financing to strengthen health facilities across the country, enhanced protection for families against preventable and deadly diseases through the Renewed Hope Agenda.

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