By Sunday Oko and Ibukun Oguntola (Lead Writers) The Federal Government Budget for the Health Sector has more than doubled over the past five years, increasing from N305.1 billion in 2016 to N876.4 billion in 2022. Now, for the first time in the history of health funding in Nigeria, over a trillion Naira has been […]
By Elijah Ojonicko Akoji (Lead Writer) Hadiza Haladu’s first pregnancy almost ended in a double tragedy when she went into early labour. The closest health centre was 16 kilometres — about 30 minutes to one hour — away; and with only a traditional birth attendant (TBA) in attendance, Haladu lost her baby. She nearly bled to death from post-partum […]
Sheshimandiko is a rural community in Gbako Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. Although the community has a health centre, it lacks the most basic infrastructure necessary to support its everyday operations and provide quality healthcare to the community members who are predominantly farmers. Gata Ndako, is the only health worker providing care for […]
Nigeria’s health sector has been fraught with suboptimal public investment to sustain its development and achievement of key development objectives such as Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and other health components of the Sustainable Development Goals. Over the last years, appropriation to the health sector in the national budgets has consistently fallen shot of the Abuja […]
FG disburses N101bn from Basic Healthcare Provision Fund – Official. Cancer deaths in Africa could rise over 30% – WHO. Over 14M children in Nigeria to suffer malnutrition without urgent action- UNICEF warns. WHO reports 90% drop in COVID-19 deaths since last winter. ‘Death every day’: Fear and fortitude in Uganda’s Ebola epicentre. Swiss government […]
