Tag: UHC in Nigeria

Fundraiser for the Kuchingoro Camp Clinic

To organise a fundraiser that will go towards providing a workable health clinic for the Kuchingoro IDP camp, in Abuja, FCT. About this event: The Kuchingoro IDP camp is located opposite Games Village Abuja, a few miles from the Capital’s city centre. The camp is currently home to over 1,700 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), many […]

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Accelerating Progress Towards UHC in Nigeria: The Delta State Example

In Nigeria, the urgency to achieve Universal Health Coverage is even more pronounced with very few Nigerians able to afford quality healthcare, and even fewer have health insurance. Photo source: Delta State Contributory Health Commission

By Dara Ajala-Damisa and Kemisola Agbaoye (Lead Writers) For reasons ranging from lack of funds and conflicting needs, to long wait times and convoluted registration processes, the average Nigerian would rather self-medicate or go to the neighbourhood pharmacy or chemist when they feel unwell, than go to a doctor. Very few Nigerians can afford the […]

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Focusing on the vulnerable to achieve UHC in Nigeria: Insights from a book launch

The official launch of the book titled 'Universal Healthcare and Access to the Lower-income Population: An exploration of Capitation in Lagos, Nigeria' by the delegates. Photo credit: Nigeria Health Watch

On September 14, 2021, Dr Charles Ezuma-Ngwu, launched a book titled ‘Universal Healthcare and Access to the Lower-income Population: An exploration of Capitation in Lagos, Nigeria’. A financial and budget analyst, Dr Ezuma-Ngwu wrote the book as an output from his PhD research to provide evidence that would encourage policy and action to deliver quality […]