Jun
10
Reforming public health expenditure is crucial for Nigeria’s health policy goals, particularly in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This requires increased budget allocations and expenditure and ensuring that available resources are efficiently and effectively utilized to improve healthcare delivery. Recognizing these challenges, Development Governance International (DGI) Consult, with funding from...
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May
21
The health burden of climate change is enormous, and the annual adaptation financing gap for health in LMIC is estimated at USD 11 billion. However, health accounts for less than 0.5% of multilateral funding for climate financing. Limited awareness of health priorities within multilateral climate funds has been recognized as...
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May
16
In a significant stride toward building a climate-resilient health system, the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (FMoH&SW), in partnership with Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)/Lafiya Programme, convened a three-day workshop to develop a roadmap for the domestication of Nigeria’s Health National Adaptation Plan (HNAP) for nine pilot...
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May
09
Reforming public health expenditure is crucial for Nigeria’s health policy goals, particularly in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This requires increased budget allocations and expenditure, and ensuring that available resources are efficiently and effectively utilized to improve healthcare delivery. However, persistent challenges in health financing continue to hinder progress toward...
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May
06
The health burden of climate change is enormous, and the annual adaptation financing gap for health in LMIC is estimated at USD 11 billion. However, health accounts for less than 0.5% of multilateral funding for climate financing. Limited awareness of health priorities within multilateral climate funds has been recognized as...
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May
04
DGI Consult conducted public health expenditure analysis and produced budget briefs in Jigawa, Kebbi, Katsina, Zamfara, Niger, Taraba, Gombe and Bayelsa States with funding from United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The analysis provided insights into health sector budget allocations, expenditures, and budget performance in the last 5 fiscal years. It...
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May
04
In 2020, DGI Consult provided start-up technical support to Gombe State Contributory Health Care Management Agency (GoHealth) to provide a sound operational framework for the commencement of full health insurance operations. After about five years of implementing the state health insurance scheme, DGI Consult was engaged to provide additional technical...
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May
04
In Nigeria, a staggering 80% of diabetic patients finance their medical bills through personal income or family support, with less than 10% having insurance coverage for essential medications and tests.[1] This low financial protection, coupled with the effect of inflation on the prices of antidiabetic medications has reduced diabetic patients’...
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May
04
In view of the prevailing situation of internal displacement in Zamfara State caused mainly by insecurity, DGI Consult was engaged by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to support the Zamfara State government to domesticate the National Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) policy, as a framework to guide multi-sectoral response to the...
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May
04
Following the Supreme Court’s judgement that granted Local Government Authorities (LGAs) financial autonomy, DGI Consult commissioned research to explore the potential implications of the autonomy on primary health care delivery, funded by the International Rescue Committee (IRC). The policy analysis assessed the potential implications of the LGA financial autonomy for...
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