Experts urge Nigerian citizens to push for improved healthcare

NPHCDA, CJID, PHCAs Nigerians plan to elect a new set of leaders in 2023, citizens have been urged to make issues of health security and financing key subjects of conversations in their interactions with candidates.

This was one of the major recommendations offered by health experts and officials at a health dialogue session organised by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development in partnership with PREMIUM TIMES.

Themed: “Primary Health Care Financing; Role of State and Non-state Actors,” the event which was held in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital territory, had in attendance representatives of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), World Health Organisation (WHO), Federal Ministry of Health, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, International Human Rights, National Youth Inclusive Initiative (NYII), Connected Development (CODE), Electoral Hub and New Life Mental Health Relief and Care Initiative, among many other participants.