Regional collaborations can reduce costs and make life-saving care more widely available, in the quest to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal #3 - "ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages".
Invest in Facilities, Hiring, Training for African Health
Dis-interested and ill-prepared health-care personnel, alongside poorly maintained facilities and out-of-stock medications, threaten fragile progress towards universal health care across Africa. Nigeria, the most populous country, could lead the way to better access and outcomes, but still produces too many preventable tragedies.
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Nigeria: Medical Negligence in Nigeria Must End
allAfrica, 10 November 2019
Oyin Gucci is a Nigerian woman whose Twitter profile reads, "I am simple. Was once a mother". A few days ago, she shared the sad story behind her bio. In a series of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Healthcare Workers in Federal Capital Territory Re-Commit to Improving Maternal Care
WHO, 7 November 2019
Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are stepping up efforts to improve the quality of care (QoC) given to new mothers at their facilities.… Read more »
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Nigeria: Who Supports Nigeria to Become First African Country to Adopt New Epidemic Intelligence Tool
WHO, 8 November 2019
In the short time it has existed, Nigeria's public health institute, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported, averted and controlled a myriad of disease… Read more »
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WHO, 7 November 2019
Nine middle-income countries in Africa have agreed to work towards pooled procurement mechanisms by first sharing vital information on their vaccine purchasing practices, including… Read more »
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Africa: Steady Progress At a Slow Rate
Africa In Fact, 4 November 2019
SDG 3: healthy lives and wellbeing for all Read more »
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Liberia: 'No One Should Suffer Hardship to Access Healthcare'
Liberian Observer, 11 October 2019
The Executive Director of Public Health Initiative Liberia (PHIL), Mrs. Joyce L. Jarwolo, has called for a healthcare system which would take into consideration access to health… Read more »
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Nigeria: Improving Funding for Effective Health Coverage
Leadership, 3 September 2019
As health financing remains a major concern in Nigeria, stakeholders in the health sector have stressed the need for government to consider implementation of the 15 percent budget… Read more »
