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Thursday, 22 December 2016 - 10:27pm

TUC urges government to return health insurance funds

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Worried that billions of naira meant for the running of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has been diverted to the Treasury Single Account (TSA), Organised Labour under the auspices of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct that the fund

Thursday, 22 December 2016 - 9:38pm

Nigerian government spends only 1 per cent of GDP on health – Don

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For several years, Nigeria has consistently spent only about one per cent of its GDP on health, a professor has said.

Thursday, 22 December 2016 - 9:20pm

Nigeria announces policy proposal to restructure inefficient primary healthcare system

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To make Nigeria’s inefficient primary healthcare system effective, the government plans an overhaul that could lead to some sort of financial autonomy for individual health centres.

Monday, 19 December 2016 - 1:27pm

Nigeria ranks in African top 5 for cost of health insurance

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A report released this year shows that the cost of health insurance in Nigeria has ranked high among other African nations, while still featuring much lower in global comparisons.