Nigeria: Excerpts From 'Financing Global Health 2013'

29 April 2014
opinion

It is important for us in the development circle to keep tabs of what is happening on financial resources and its sources and how it is distributed and/or negotiated especially for developing countries.

Many of African countries without the international financing mechanism regrettably their health sector will collapse as domestic health financing is dwindling day by day. Only one African country in 2013 achieved the Abuja declaration of allocating 15% of its budget to health. Many are still committing funds of below 10%.

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