Ministry of Health

Lagos State came into being through a Federal Edict on May 27, 1967 and Health was one of the Ministries with which it took off.

The Ministry was formerly charged with responsibility for both health and social welfare.

The latter has since been excised, rejoined and eventually excised from the Ministry such that the Social Welfare Division is presently under the Ministry of Youth and Social Development.

Vision

To attain excellence in health service delivery by applying best practices at all levels of care

Mission

To deliver qualitative, affordable and equitable healthcare service to the citizenry applying appropriate technology by highly motivated staff’’.

Goal

That every Lagosian enjoys unfettered access to qualitative healthcare without significant geographical, financial, cultural or political barriers

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

The political/executive headship of the Ministry is reposed in the Honourable Commissioner for Health and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary Health Care. Through them, policy matters affecting health in the State are channeled to the State Executive Council and the Governor.

The Permanent Secretary is the accounting officer/head of the Ministry’s civil service, through whom all the directors report to the Honourable Commissioner and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary Health Care.

There are nine Directorates viz:

  • Health Care Planning, Research & Statistics
  • Primary Health Care: Disease Control & Family Health/Nutrition
  • Hospital Services: HEFAMAA & LASAMBUS
  • Occupational Health & Staff Clinic
  • Pharmaceutical Services
  • Medical Administration & Training
  • Nursing
  • Accounts
  • Finance and Administration
  • Public Affairs Unit

 

 

 

Lagos State Ministry of Health (LSMOH) Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement is effective as of January 1st, 2021.

At Lagos State Ministry of Health (LSMOH) we value the protection of your personal information and are committed to processing it responsibly and in compliance with applicable data protection laws and regulations in all countries in which LSMOH operates.

This Privacy Statement describes LSMOH general privacy practices that apply to personal information we collect, use, and share about consumers and other individuals within our patients, consultants, vendors and other organizations with which LSMOH has or propose a business relationship.

This Privacy Statement is addition by the LSMOH which provides more information in the online context, including recruitment. We may provide additional or more specific information on the collection or use of personal information on websites or related to a specific product or service.

Why and how we collect and use your personal information
We may collect your personal information as an individual for various purposes, such as the following:
Access and use of websites or other online services
When entering one of our websites, or using an online service, we will record information necessary to provide you with access, for the operation of the website and for us to comply with security and legal requirements in relation to operating our site, such as passwords, IP address and browser settings. We also collect information about your activities during your visit in order to personalize your website experience, such as recording your preferences and settings, and to collect statistics to help us improve and further develop our websites, online engagement and services.

Responding to your request for information, order, or support
When you contact us (online or offline) in connection with a request for information, to order a product or service, to provide you with support, or to participate in a forum or other social computing tool, we collect information necessary to fulfill your request, to grant you access to the product or service, to provide you with support and to be able to contact you. For instance, we collect your name and contact information, details about your request and your agreement with us and the fulfillment, delivery and invoicing of your order and we may include client satisfaction survey information. We retain such information for administrative purposes, defending our rights, and in connection with our relationship with you.

When you provide your name and contact information to register in connection with such a request, the registration may serve to identify you when you visit our websites. For ordering of most services and products we require you to have registered with LSMOH. Registration may also allow you to customize and control your privacy settings.

Your use of LSMOH Cloud services
We collect information about your use of LSMOH Cloud services to enable product features to operate, improve your user experience, tailor our interactions with you, inform our clients on the overall use of the services, provide support and improve and develop our products and services. For details regarding the technologies we employ, the personal information we collect, as well as how to control or block tracking or to delete cookies, please refer to the LSMOH Online Privacy Statement.

Contacting employees of our clients, prospects, partners and suppliers
In our relationship with clients or prospects, partners and suppliers, they also provide us with business contact information (such as name, business contact details, position or title of their employees, contractors, advisors and authorized users) for purposes such as contract management, fulfillment, delivery of products and services, provision of support, invoicing and management of the services or the relationship.

Visitor information
We register individuals visiting our sites and locations (name, identification, and business contact information) and use camera supervision for reasons of security and safety of persons and belongings, as well as for regulatory purposes.

Marketing
Most information we collect about you comes from our direct interactions with you. When you register for an event, we may collect information (online or offline) in relation to the event organization, and during an event, such as participation in sessions and survey results. We combine the personal information we collect to develop aggregate analysis and business intelligence for conducting our business and for marketing purposes.

You can choose to receive information by email, telephone or postal mail about our products and services, or sign-up for subscriptions. When visiting our websites or using our services we may provide you with personalized information. You can always opt-out from receiving personalized communication by sending an e-mail to (your official email address)
Where we reference that we use your personal information in connection with a request, order, transaction or agreement (or preparing for the same), or to provide you with services that you requested (such as a website), we do this because it is necessary for the performance of an agreement with you.
Where we reference that we use your personal information in relation to marketing, improvement or development of our products or services, for reasons of safety and security, or regulatory requirements other than in connection with your agreement or request, we do this on the basis of our or a third party’s legitimate interests, or with your consent. When we collect and use your personal information subject to the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation or EU Privacy Legislation this may have consequences for Your Rights.

Sharing of Personal Information
As a global organization offering a wide range of products and services, with business processes, management structures and technical systems that cross borders, LSMOH has implemented global policies, along with standards and procedures, for consistent protection of personal information.

As a global company, we may share information about you with our subsidiaries world-wide and transfer it to countries in the world where we do business in accordance with this Privacy Statement. Between LSMOH controlled subsidiaries we only grant access to personal information on a need-to- know basis, necessary for the purposes for which such access is granted. In some cases, LSMOH uses suppliers located in various countries to collect, use, analyze, and otherwise process personal information on its behalf.

Where appropriate, LSMOH may also share your personal information with selected partners to help us provide you, or the company you work for, products or services, or to fulfill your requests, or with your consent. When selecting our suppliers and partners, we take into account their data handling processes.

If LSMOH decides to sell, buy, merge, provide services, or otherwise reorganize businesses in some countries, such a transaction may involve the disclosure of personal information to prospective or actual purchasers, or the receipt of such information from sellers. It is LSMOH’s practice to require appropriate protection for personal information in these types of transactions.

Please be aware that in certain circumstances, personal information may be subject to disclosure to government agencies pursuant to judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process. We may also share your personal information to protect the rights or property of LSMOH, our business partners, suppliers or clients, and others when we have reasonable grounds to believe that such rights or property have been or could be affected.

International Transfers
The international footprint of LSMOH involves a large number of transfers of personal information between different subsidiaries, as well as to third parties located in the countries where we do business. Some countries have implemented transfer restrictions for personal information, in connection with which LSMOH takes various measures, including:
Where required, LSMOH implements Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the EU Commission, or similar contractual clauses in other jurisdictions. This includes transfers to suppliers or other third parties
Information Security and Accuracy
We intend to protect your personal information and to maintain its accuracy. LSMOH implements reasonable physical, administrative and technical safeguards to help us protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use and disclosure. For example, we encrypt certain sensitive personal information such as credit card information when we transmit such information over the Internet. We also require that our suppliers protect such information from unauthorized access, use and disclosure.
Retention Period
We will not retain personal information longer than necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it is processed, including the security of our processing complying with legal and regulatory obligations (e.g.) audit, accounting and statutory retention terms), handling disputes, and for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims in the countries where we do business.

Because the circumstances may vary depending on the context and the services, the information provided in Online Privacy Statement or provided in a specific notice may provide more detailed information on applicable retention terms.

How to contact us
If you have a question related to this Privacy Statement, please contact us. Your message will be forwarded to the appropriate member of LSMOH’s Data Privacy Team, such as Data Protection Officer or members of their Team.
For the purposes of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR), or the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) the controller of your personal information is Lagos State Ministry of Health, Block 4, The Lagos State Government Secretariat Complex, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.

Your Rights
You can request to access, update, or correct your personal information. You also have the right to object to direct marketing. You can access the request process here.
You may have additional rights pursuant to your local law applicable to the processing.
For example, if the processing of your personal information is subject to Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) or the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), and your personal information is processed based on legitimate interests, you have the right to object to the processing on grounds relating to your specific situation. Under GDPR you may also have the right to request to have your personal information deleted or restricted and ask for portability of your personal information.
Right to Lodge a Complaint
In the event you consider our processing of your personal information is not compliant with the applicable data protection laws, you can lodge a complaint:
Changes to our Privacy Statements
From time to time, we may update this Privacy Statement, as well as any other specific privacy statement. When making changes to this Privacy Statement, we will add a new date at the top of this Privacy Statement.

INFORMATION ABOUT OUR USE OF COOKIES AND IP ADDRESSES
We may collect information about your mobile phone, computer or other device from which you access the Website including where available [your IP address, operating system and browser type], for systems administration [and to report aggregate information to third parties’ affiliates]. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns and does not identify any individual. We may, however, use such information in conjunction with the data We have about you in order to track your usage of our services.

Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Website. This helps Us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows Us to improve the Website. By using our Website, you agree to our use of cookies as more specifically set out below.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that We store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

The cookies We use include:
“Analytical” cookies. They allow Us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the Website when they are using it. This helps Us to improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. “Strictly necessary” cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Website, or make use of e-billing services.

“Functionality” cookies. These are used to recognize you when you return to our Website. This enables Us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

“Targeting” cookies. These cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed to our affiliate’s websites. We will use this information to make our Website, offers e-mailed to you and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

Please note that third parties’ affiliates may also use cookies, over which We have no control.

You may block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of the Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit our Website.

OVERVIEW
Lagos State came into being through a Federal Edict on May 27, 1967. Health was one of the Ministries with which it took off. The Ministry was formerly charged with responsibility for both health and
social welfare. The latter has been excised from the Ministry such that the Social Welfare Division is presently under the Ministry of Youth and Social Development.

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
The political/executive headship of the Ministry is reposed in the Honourable Commissioner for Health and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary Health Care. Through them, policy matters affecting health in the State are channeled to the State Executive Council and the Governor.

The Permanent Secretary is the accounting officer/head of the Ministry’s civil service, through whom all the directors report to the Honourable Commissioner and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary Health Care.

There are Eleven Directorates viz:
Healthcare Planning, Research & Statistics
Disease Control
Family Health & Nutrition
Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency Lagos State Ambulance Services
Occupational & Environmental Health Services Pharmaceutical Services
Medical Administration & Training
Nursing Services
Finance and Accounting Administration & Human Resource

Our Contacts
E-mail address: [email protected]
Block 4 The Lagos State Government Secretariat Complex, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.

LOCATION:

Office Address: Block 4, The Lagos State Government Secretariat Complex, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.

P.M.B. 21007, Ikeja

Telephone/Fax No: 234-1-4969061

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