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The Lancet Nigeria Commission Calls for a New Social Contract on Health

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 19, 2022

Editor’s Note: On Wednesday March 16, the Lancet Nigeria Commission launched a landmark report studying health inequalities in Nigeria; calling for urgent action by policy makers to prevent diseases before they occur and to urgently increase access to health care for all Nigerians. In this thought leadership piece, Abdullahi Tsanni discusses the launch, key messages […]

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FCT Health Insurance Scheme: Redefining Ways to Target the “Missing Middle”

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 12, 2022

“Enrolling people into insurance schemes is not easy, considering the fact that you are asking people to come and pay for health when they are not sick” — Dr Ahmed Danfulani, Director/CEO FCT Health Insurance Scheme. Each country’s journey towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is very context specific and requires strategies that address the unique challenges posed […]

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Is the Basic Health Care Provision Fund the Silver Bullet to Achieve Universal Health Care in Nigeria: Lessons from Dukpa PHC

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 15, 2021

Sustained Health financing is an integral part of achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and this year, as the world commemorated UHC day on the 12th of December, the theme, “Leave no one’s health behind: invest in health systems for all,” emphasised the need for governments to make smart investments in their country’s health systems. The […]

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Accelerating Progress Towards UHC in Nigeria: The Delta State Example

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 6, 2021

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

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 25, 2021

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 […]

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