The Fading Safety Net and Nigeria’s Looming Health Deficit

The Fading Safety Net and Nigeria’s Looming Health Deficit

Public health clinics across Nigeria are witnessing an alarming exodus. Low-income patients managing chronic conditions, from HIV and tuberculosis to non-communicable diseases, are increasingly turning away from public hospitals to seek refuge in prayer camps, traditional healing homes, and informal patent medicine stores. This flight is the direct outcome of a severe contraction in foreign…

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FG Releases N32B to Boost Primary Healthcare

  The Federal Government has approved the release of N32 billion to health facilities across Nigeria under the Basic Health Care Provision Fund, as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen primary healthcare delivery nationwide. The approval was announced by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, following a Ministerial Oversight Committee…

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