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Amid the crisis in the health sector, the Nigerian government led by President Muhammed Buhari has approved a total of N44.33 billion for Ministries, Departments, and Agencies as travel costs.
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.”
Though the Primary Health Care centres (PHCs) in Nigeria are poorly financed, there are key interventions they can bring to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The governments and NCDC must not disconnect from with these hubs which are the primary point of care under the Primary Health Care Under One Roof (PHCUOR) National Policy.
As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 rise to 210 in Nigeria, an analysis by DATAPHYTE has shown that the Federal Government only purchased six ventilators worth the sum of N77.6 million in 2019. According to the daily payment report for 2019, these six ventilators are supposedly meant to fill the gap for ventilators by 200 million Nigerian.
