Category: Events
Commemorating the 2023 World TB Day
Tuberculosis remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers. The theme of World Tuberculosis Day 2023 – ‘Yes We Can End TB’ – conveys the sense to aspire hope and encourage high-level leadership, increased investment, adoption of innovations, accelerated action and multisectoral collaboration to combat the TB epidemic. In commemoration of this year’s World TB…
Key Successes and Lessons of the UHC Intervention Disseminated to Stakeholders
In furtherance of the objective of replicating an effective model of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) interventions at the grassroots, the community UHC Project being implemented by the Development Governance International Foundation (DGIF) in Keffi LGA of Nasarawa State with funding from Christian Aid Nigeria organized a 1-day National Knowledge Sharing Forum on the 10th of February…
Strengthening Health Facility and Financial Management Capacity in the FCT
Background Strengthening the capacity of frontline health workers to manage health resources, including manpower, money, and materials, is crucial to improving access to equitable and high-quality services. As part of efforts geared towards improving service delivery through enhanced facility and financial management in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the FCT Primary Health Care Board (FCT…
The Political Economy of Health Policy Design and Implementation in Nigeria: Translating Evidence into Practice
In view of the recently published article on the political economy of the design of BHCPF, DGI Consult through its Health System Research Forum (HSRF) organized a webinar themed “The Political Economy of Health Policy Design and Implementation in Nigeria: Translating Evidence into Practice” on 10th November 2022. The webinar organized in collaboration with the International Society…
Expanding Health Insurance Coverage to the Poor and Vulnerable Population through Adoption
Expanding quality and affordable healthcare access to the poor and vulnerable requires subsidization for this population segment. In view of this, the novel Christian Aid-funded Universal Health Coverage intervention being implemented through DGI Foundation in Keffi LGA of Nasarawa State has recorded a milestone in the quest to expand health insurance coverage to the vulnerable…
Towards improved financing for UHC: DGI Develops a Resource Mobilization Strategy for NASHIA
As part of DGI’s support to the Nasarawa State Health Insurance Agency (NASHIA) towards mobilizing resources to expand health insurance coverage to the teeming population of Nasarawa State, especially the informal sector, DGI supported the Agency to organize a 2-day workshop with key stakeholders to articulate its resource mobilization strategy. The resource mobilization strategy was…
Uncovering Additional Fiscal Space to Expand Health Insurance Coverage to the Poor and Vulnerable
In the quest to expand health insurance coverage to the teeming population of Nasarawa State, DGI Foundation with funding from Christian Aid Nigeria conducted a fiscal space analysis to identify potential sources of additional funds to subsidize healthcare for the poor and vulnerable population in Nasarawa State. Since the establishment of the NASHIA in 2018,…
UHC 2023 Forum Engaged 3 Governors in Chatham House
In furtherance of the objective of putting Universal Health Coverage (UHC) on the political front burner ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections, the UHC 2023 Forum in collaboration with the Chatham House Centre for Universal Health hosted three Nigerian Governors and other health experts in Chatham House on the 23rd of September 2022 to…
Emphasizing the Role of CSOs in Domestic Resource Mobilization for TB
As part of efforts geared towards improving sustainable financing for TB, DGI Consult through the USAID-funded TB LON 1&2 Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM) project engaged the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the eight supported States (Benue, Bauchi, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Nasarawa, Plateau and Taraba). The workshop was aimed at leveraging the crucial role of the…
DGI Partners Other Stakeholders to Organize a Policy Dialogue on the Implementation of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Tax
The Finance Act 2021 introduced a new tax on non-alcoholic, sweetened carbonated drinks which have the potential to generate additional funding for the health sector. In view of this, PharmAccess Foundation in partnership with Nigeria Health Watch and the World Bank, with the support of DGI Consult hosted health sector stakeholders at its “Health Financing…