Apr
06
Nigeria's Huge TB burden is largely attributable to the wide gap in financing TB activities articulated in the National TB Strategic Plan; in 2018, only a quarter of funds needed for TB implementation was mobilized. Domestic financing accounted for less than 10% of the annual budget for TB in Nigeria,...
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Mar
25
Towards achieving sustainable financing for TB in supported states, DGI Consult with funding from USAID TB LON3 project supported each of Oyo, Ogun, and Lagos States’ Health Insurance Agencies to develop a roadmap for integration of TB services into their respective benefits package. The integration roadmaps were developed alongside coverage...
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Mar
25
As part of efforts geared towards sustainable financing for TB in supported states, DGI Consult with funding from USAID TB LON3 project has commenced series of activities aimed at strengthening institutional capacity for TB budget advocacy and integrating TB into State Health Insurance Schemes benefit package. In January 2021, DGI...
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Feb
06
Government spending on health in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) falls short of recommended benchmarks needed to make significant progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). As a case in point, Lesotho was the only SSA country that spent up to 5% of its GDP on health in 2018, while there was no...
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Dec
21
The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 is one of the 17 SDGs established by the United Nations in 2015 which aims to achieve zero hunger by 2030. Click here to view this newsletter
Dec
21
The House of Representatives Committee on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has debunked reports that the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs spent N26.9 billion in COVID-19 funds. Click here to view this newsletter
Dec
21
As part of efforts geared towards bridging the resource gap for family planning commodity procurement and distribution, DGI Consult was engaged by the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) to conduct fiscal space analysis for family planning commodity financing at the national level and in Lagos and Kaduna States. The project...
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Dec
15
The DGI Consult team is glad to be engaged by USAID TB LON3 project led by IHVN as an Implementing Entity for domestic resource mobilization stream of work in Lagos, Oyo and Ogun States. DGI Consult will provide technical support in the areas of budget advocacy and integration of TB...
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Nov
26
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that efforts at ending a preventable and curable disease like Tuberculosis are now complicated because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to view this newsletter
Nov
26
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has provided a new impetus for putting in place plans to prepare for health emergencies in the future. Click here to view this newsletter
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