Future Challenges
While stressing that the time to prepare to meet future health challenges is now, the Commissioner said that the current quarter of this century will be characterized by head-to-head competition in industries that offer high-paying jobs to their workers and bring prosperity and world prestige to their countries.
These new technologies present both major challenges and opportunities for developing countries; however, there is the potential for serious disruptions in the architecture of the health system by these new technologies. Consequently some confusion may arise in the way investments should be made in the near term in order to optimize the integration of biotechnology in Nigerian healthcare delivery.
The key to success will depend on cooperation between universities, hospitals, existing laboratories, private biotechnology companies, and research institutions both locally and abroad. The ability to create the necessary network of people and resources will be the final piece needed to complete this circle.