Nigeria: Bill Gates Call for More Funding for Primary Health Care in Nigeria

17 September 2019

The co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has said that he would wish that the quality and funding of the primary health care system in Nigeria achieved the level of some other countries that have lower income but have done a better job with the primary health care system.

Speaking with selected journalists around the world in a conference call ahead of the release of the 2019 Goalkeepers Report today, Bill Gates said one challenge that Nigeria has is that the amount of money that the government raises domestically is quite small compared to other countries.

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