Africa’s Abuja Declaration on healthcare is overdue for evaluation

It was a pivotal moment in 2001 as 53 African countries gathered in Abuja, Nigeria, with a shared vision to radically improve healthcare.

Leaders pledged to allocate at least 15 per cent of their national budgets to the health sector – a promise known as the Abuja Declaration.

Twenty-three years later, the commitment remains largely unfulfilled, with Nigeria itself allocating just 5.75 per cent of its budget to health in 2023, an amount considered meagre by experts.

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