The Health & Human Services Secretariat (HHSS) was established by the Presidential Order No. 1 of 2004 as a self-accounting Mandate Secretariat under the Federal Capital Territory Administration with the responsibility of overseeing the health sector of FCT in all its ramifications.

Functions:

The Secretariat has the following basic functions:

• Provision of medical and hospital services.
• Health policy formulation and planning
• Regulatory and oversight functions for all private medical service providers.
• Provision of primary health care, disease control and health promotion.
• Health manpower development.

Departments:

The Secretariat is headed by the Secretary with the following departments and units:

1. Hospitals Management Board:
2. Abuja Central Medical Stores:

• FCT Emergency Medical Services (EMS):

1. Procurement & Due Process division:
2. FCT Health (insurance) Services Scheme [FHSS]
3. FCT Agency for Control of Aids (FACA)

• Works Division
• Private Health Establishment, Monitoring & Registration Committee (PHERMC)

1. Department of Administration and Finance
2. Department of Nursing Services

Department of Pharmaceutical Services

1. Department of Medical and Diagnostics

• Department of Health Planning, Research and Statistics (HPRS)
• Department of Public Health