CJID, Premium Times Hosts National Health Dialogue


By Aviashima Toom, Abuja 

The Centre for Journalism Innovation and development and the Premium Times have organized a one day national health dialogue to create a platform that will open up discussions on setting an agenda for health care for all Nigerians.

The one day event which took place BON Hotel in abuja on Tuesday seeks to broaden the scope of solutions by opening the door for more private sector investment.

Nigeria’s health indices have continued to rate poorly due to large scale underfunding but for the first time in history, over one trillion naira has been allocated to the health sector in the proposed 2023 budget.

With this laudable move, stakeholders across the health sector have been brought together under the agenda for national health dialogue 2022 , to rub minds and find a way forward for the improvement of health care in Nigeria.


Speakers at the one day dialogue event, Dr. Charles Ugochukwu, Chairman, NMA, of the FCT, Chika Offor, ED Vaccine Network for Disease control amongst others took up issues on primary health care financing, the health insurance act and even health priorities focus for the 2023 election.

Organizers of the event are hopeful that by the end of the discussions a realistic path will be created for health care development in the country.

 





 

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