Remember That Time Nigeria’s Government Claimed There Was “Reverse Medical Tourism”?
By Chinedu Moghalu
Recently, a U.S. physician named Pamela Buchanan MD wrote on LinkedIn with startling candour. She spoke not of privilege but of pain. “We are walking away,” she wrote, “not from medicine,...
Skilled Birth Attendance: FG Equips 1,400 Primary Health Care Centres
The Ministry of Health has equiped 1,400 Primary Healthcare Centres to provide Skilled Birth attendance and reduce infant and maternal mortality in the country.
The project, which covers 8,300 facilities, was funded through the National Primary...
Universal Health Coverage as a Renewed Hope for Nigerians
By Rahma Olamide Oladosu
Health, as a social service, is very important to the teeming population of any country as the sector has been recognised as the primary engine of growth and development.
However, health care in Nigeria...
NHIA Guidelines and Pate's Move to Boost Population Health
By Lawal Dahiru Mamman
It is not uncommon to see the destitute in motor parks, religious centres, T-junctions and other places that pull crowds clutching a doctor's prescription, soliciting public support to purchase drugs.
Others plead not to...
NHIA: We must Make Health Insurance Mandatory for all Nigerians - Betta Edu
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has said the Federal Government needs to implement the mandatory aspect of the health insurance laws in the country to achieve...
Pate Unveils NHIA Operational Guidelines, Vows to Address Low Health Insurance Coverage
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Muhammad Ali Pate, has lamented the fact that less than 10 percent of Nigerians are covered with health insurance in Nigeria.
The Minister noted that...
