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NSHDP-II Financing Would Have Better Mitigated COVID-19 and Lassa Fever

For a plan such as the second National Strategic Health Development Plan (NSHDP-II) that is expected to cost up to N6.07 trillion, an updated appraisal of achievements since its implementation is necessary. This is to ensure that all targets of the plan are met and that the plan is not just an on-paper plan. Appraisals of this nature are also important to avoid a repeat of the abysmal performance of NSHDP-I which had only 2 of the 52 set targets met.