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Women in the northern states of Nigeria do receive less antenatal care when they are pregnant, unlike the majority of their peers in southern parts of the country, a 2020 Statistical Report on Women and Men by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows.
Most Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in Imo State have less than half of the basic utilities needed to run a primary healthcare facility, a recent survey of PHCs in Nigeria has revealed.
Global efforts to have a malaria-free world led to the setting aside of the 25th of April annually for a global campaign against malaria.
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Nigeria has failed in its Abuja Declaration commitment to ensure 15% of its annual budgetary allocation goes toward health, according to a nonprofit coalition known as the Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health at Scale, or PACFaH@Scale.
The 7th of April every year is set aside to commemorate World Health Day. This has been the tradition since 1950, after it was proposed at the First World Health Assembly in 1948. Each year’s celebration comes with a unique theme, and this year’s celebration is tagged “Building a Fairer, Healthier World.”
After a year-long break due to the Covid 19 travel restrictions, President Buhari has resumed his usual medical trips to the United Kingdom. This is in spite of the huge annual budget allocations to his official hospital at the Villa. The federal government had budgeted N6.4 billion for the Aso Villa Clinic in the past 6 years.
“Eleven Nigerian States have a high risk of exposure to the deadly virus, according to Nigeria COVID-19 Exposure Risk Profile. The states include Ebonyi, Ondo, Sokoto, Ekiti, Kebbi, Akwa Ibom, Borno, Kwara, Lagos, Kano, and Rivers.“
Oyo State Agency for the Control of AIDS(OYSACA) ignored research and documents in its 2021 budget;
The Ministry of Health spent ₦18 million instead of 4 million budgeted for the training;
Nigeria battled several health challenges amid a global pandemic in 2020; While the country’s response to the global pandemic is commendable, diverted resources marred its approach to its indigenous endemics; Chief of which remained Lassa fever and Yellow fever; Expert charged citizens to be more responsible and adhere to all health procedures in the future.
HIV/AIDS shows that it’s still a concern with 45,000 casualties as at last year. And Nigeria records the lowest GTI in almost a decade, despite an increasing spate in civilian-targeted terrorism. Sani Umar has 9 days to provide Faisal.
Drawbacks to the National Malaria Elimination Programme denote a policy implementation problem, experts note. Besides implementation challenges, the health sector suffers from capacity development problems and infrastructural deficits. Experts urge deliberateness in policy execution.
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Five years ago, in February, the country outlined its ambitious roadmap to eradicate malaria mortality by 2020. Today, not only are we miles off target, but the COVID-19 pandemic further derailed implementation.
The UN seems to recognise the Nigerian government’s proactiveness against COVID-19, but what can we say about her healthcare, particularly family planning (FP).
