Category: Events
Harmonized BHCPF Accountability Framework Ready for Rollout
In a bid to raise the accountability bar for health financing including the implementation of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) in Nigeria, the BHCPF Ministerial Oversight Committee (MOC) secretariat with support of the USAID Local Health System Sustainability (LHSS) Project organized a one-day stakeholder’s workshop to validate the harmonized BHCPF accountability framework after…
Stakeholders Identify Effective Approaches to Strengthen PHC Delivery and Accountability in Nigeria
In furtherance of its quest to put Universal Health Coverage on the policy front burner in Nigeria, the Nigeria UHC Forum organised a PHC Strategic Stakeholder Engagement in collaboration with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency with support from Options Consultancy UK. The PHC Strategic Engagement was part of efforts geared towards effective engagements…
Stakeholders Identify Strategies for Effective Health Tax Policy Design and Implementation in Nigeria
Nigeria, like other Low-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), is recording an increasing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), as close to a third of all deaths in the country is now attributable to NCDs. It is imperative to deploy effective tools to tackle NCDs including health taxes by exploring the political and socio-economic factorsthat influence their design and…
Nutrition Desk Officers Trained on Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) in Nasarawa and the FCT
In the quest to expand access to nutrition services for the vulnerable and marginalized population in target communities in Keffi LGA of Nasarawa State and AMAC and Bwari Area Council in the FCT, DGI through the Christian Aid Nigeria funded project – ‘’ ‘Integrated Approach to Building Community Resilience in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and…
Promoting Effective Intra-Sectoral Coordination Among Health MDAs in Nasarawa State
In a bid to reposition the health sector landscape in Nasarawa State through effective intra-sectoral coordination, which has been identified as a gap among health Ministry, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), the Nasarawa State Ministry of Health in collaboration with DGI Consult hosted a 2-day retreat for the heads of health MDAs in Nasarawa State to…
Improving Financing for Nutrition in Nasarawa State: DGI Engaged Stakeholders to Identify Effective Strategies
As part of efforts geared towards improving funding for nutrition commodities in Nasarawa State due to scarcity of Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) identified as threat to the treatment of malnourished children, DGI in collaboration with the Nasarawa State Ministry of Health facilitated a 1-day stakeholders’ meeting to discuss strategies for promoting sustained financing…
Optimising Resources for Accelerated Progress Towards UHC – Insights from the Health System Emerging Solutions Forum
“The optimal use of scarce resources, channelling of such resources to the points of best impact and putting in place accountability and result frameworks are needed now more than ever” – Dr. Muhammad Lawan Gana, Hon. Commissioner for Health, Yobe State. A World Health Organisation report estimates that 20% to 40% of total health spending…
DGI Consult Announces Inaugural Health System Emerging Solutions Forum
Development Governance International (DGI) Consult is set to host its first annual thought leadership forum, tagged Health System Emerging Solutions Forum, which is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, in Abuja. The maiden edition of the forum is themed “Optimising Resources for Accelerated Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage.”
BHCPF Accountability Framework Piloted in Nasarawa State
In a bid to raise the accountability bar for health financing including the implementation of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) towards achieving UHC, DGI Consult in collaboration with the Health Sector Reform Coalition (HSRC) with the support of the USAID Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS) piloted the BHCPF accountability framework in Nasarawa…
Optimizing Human Resource for Health in 10 States in Nigeria
To articulate targeted interventions for improving human resource for health (HRH) and optimizing the performance of the existing health workforce in Nigeria, DGI Consult has been engaged by the Bills and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) to develop its Nigeria Country Office HRH strategy through evidence gathering in 10 BMGF supported States, namely: Bauchi, Borno, Gombe,…