The World Economic Forum Africa (WEFA) 2014 hosted by Nigeria in Abuja has come and gone but it would no doubt continue to reverberate especially when key players who pledged their commitment to assist Africa in re-strategizing on its maternal and child healthcare commence implementation. As a fall out of the forum, the Private Sector Health Alliance (PSHA) led by the chair, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote launched a $24m 'Save a million lives initiative' to help reduce maternal and infant mortality in the country. Speaking with our Assistant Life Editor, YINKA SHOKUNBI, former Minister of Health and Visiting Professor Duke Global Health Institute, USA, Muhammad Ali Pate, explained the benefits of the fund and why the private sector needs to invest in healthcare delivery. Excerpt:
Reasonably, there is an urgent need for the private sector to assist government by investing in healthcare because there is the need to grow the health on the continent.
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