Inauguration of National Task Force on Clinical Governance and Patient Safety in Nigeria

27 January, 2026

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The Hon Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof M Ali Pate @ CMHSW on Monday 26th January formally inaugurated the @NAtional TaskForce on Clinical Governance and Patient Safety.

Hon Minister appointed Professor Joseph Ana a member in self recognition of his introduction of the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance Programme to Nigeria in 2004, and the Centre for its resilience and products which have been promoted and welcomed across the country and beyond in other LLMICs. @HRI GLOBAL

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The Centre fo Clinical Governance Research and Patient Safety, Calabar Nigeria wishes the National Taskforce success with Gods blessings . ������

HIFA profile: Joseph Ana is the Lead Senior Fellow/Medical Consultant at the Centre for Clinical Governance Research and Patient Safety in Calabar, Nigeria, established by HRI Global (former HRIWA). He is a member of the World Health Organisation’s Technical Advisory Group on Integrated Care in primary, emergency, operative, and critical care (TAG-IC2). As the Cross River State Commissioner for Health, he led the introduction of the Homegrown Quality Tool, the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance Programme, in Nigeria (2004-2008). For sustainability, he established the Department of Clinical Governance, Servicom & e-health in the Cross River State Ministry of Health, Nigeria. His main interest is in whole health sector and system strengthening in Lower, Low and Middle Income Countries (LLMICs). He has written six books on the 12-Pillar Clinical Governance programme, suitable for LLMICs, including the TOOLS for Implementation. He served as Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association’s Standing Committee on Clinical Governance (2012-2022), and he won the Nigeria Medical Association’s Award of Excellence on three consecutive occasions for the innovation. He served as Chairman, Quality & Performance, of the Technical Working Group for the implementation of the Nigeria Health Act 2014. He is member, National Tertiary Health Institutions Standards Committee of the Federal Ministry of Health. He is the pioneer Secretary General/Trustee-Director of the NMF (Nigerian Medical Forum) which took the BMJ to West Africa in 1995. Joseph is a member of the HIFA Steering Group and the HIFA working group on Community Health Workers. (http://www.hifa.org/support/members/joseph-0 http://www.hifa.org/people/steering-group). jneana AT yahoo.co.uk

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