Government urged on improved health services
THE government has been urged to ensure that a publicly funded healthcare service is available to all irrespective of their social and economic status. Speaking at the launch of a ‘Report on the Failure of Commercialized Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria,” the Executive Director, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, (CAPPA), Akinbode Oluwafemi […]
Report carpets govt on failure of commercialised healthcare
A far-reaching health sector report on Nigeria during the critical COVID-19 pandemic has carpeted the federal government on the failure of commercialized healthcare delivery. The report also highlighted the discrimination and inequality in the enjoyment of the right to health. The report “The failure of commercialized healthcare in Nigeria during the COVID-19 Pandemic” which was […]
How Nigeria’s commercialised healthcare stalled COVID-19 response
WHO says pandemic burden still on women, two years on A new report has exposed how the commercialisation of healthcare in Nigeria undermined responses to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). The report, entitled The Failure of Commercialised Healthcare in Nigeria During The COVID-19 Pandemic: Discrimination and Inequality in The Enjoyment of Right to Health, lamented the harmful […]
Nigeria’s healthcare funding fell by 4.4% in 2018 – CAPPA report
A REPORT by the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has revealed that healthcare services are substantially underfunded in Nigeria. The report titled ‘The Failure of Commercialised Healthcare in Nigeria During the COVID-19 Pandemic’, was launched on Wednesday in Lagos. It stated that health spending as a share of general government expenditure decreased from […]
How 60% Commercialisation Of Health Services In Nigeria Has Left Out Poorer Citizens — Report
The commercialisation of healthcare services in Nigeria, estimated to be up to 60%, has been described as one of the worst injustices done to the Nigerian masses and a major factor undermining the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other critical services offered by operators in the country’s healthcare sector. This much […]
Report exposes failure of commercialised healthcare amidst COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria
A report released on Wednesday by the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in partnership with the Justice & Empowerment Initiatives (JEI) and with the support of Corporate Accountability & Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), exposes how the commercialisation of healthcare in Nigeria has been amongst the main factors undermining the response to the […]
