Tag: #HealthInvestment
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PRIVATE SECTOR CALLED TO DRIVE INNOVATIVE HEALTHCARE FINANCING IN NIGERIA
Financing experts emphasized a stronger role for Nigeria’s private sector in transforming the health system during a recent webinar titled, “Investing in Health in a Limited Fiscal Space,” organized by Nigeria Health Watch with PUNCH Newspapers and Premium Times. Dr. Mories Atoki, CEO of the African Business Coalition for Health, urged seeing health not just…
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ONLY SEVEN NIGERIAN STATES SPENT OVER 80% OF THEIR HEALTH BUDGETS IN 2024 — BUDGIT REPORT
A recent report by BudgIT, released in Abuja during the 2025 State of States Report launch themed “A Decade of Subnational Fiscal Analysis”, has revealed that just seven Nigerian states implemented more than 80% of their health budgets in 2024. These states are Yobe, Gombe, Ekiti, Lagos, Edo, Delta, and Bauchi. The report highlighted that…
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WHO URGES AFRICAN MEDIA TO BREAK THE SILENCE ON MATERNAL AND CHILD DEATHS
The World Health Organisation is calling on African media professionals to use their platforms to spotlight the “silent scourge” of preventable maternal, child, and adolescent deaths. Dr. Adelheid Onyango of WHO says too many communities have grown numb to these losses, but even one death is too many. She stresses that shrinking health budgets and…
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NIGERIA, NAMIBIA PLEDGE TO STRENGTHEN BILATERAL TIES AT UNGA
Shared history and future ambitions drive deeper collaboration between Nigeria and Namibia. On the sidelines of UNGA, Namibia’s President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah met Nigeria’s VP Kashim Shettima to reaffirm partnership and discuss boosting relations. Shettima also met Gates Foundation leaders, praising their support in health, agriculture, and financial inclusion, while seeking greater investment in education and…
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GATES FOUNDATION PLEDGES $912M TO GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TB, AND MALARIA
A bold investment to save millions of lives and fight deadly diseases by 2045. The Gates Foundation commits $912 million over three years to the Global Fund, boosting its total support to $4.9 billion since 2002. Bill Gates highlights the Fund’s impact in saving 70 million lives and urges global leaders to increase health investments…
