Nigeria is a country endowed with natural resources, yet millions live in abject poverty, and
less than 5% of the population has access to health care. Several reviews and critique …

The first national health plan in Nigeria was developed in 1947 by the colonial masters with
the primary goal to provide universal health care to the citizen. To date, this goal remains an …

The Western-style healthcare system was imported into the region now known as Nigeria
over 500 years ago, through the trans-Sahara trade routes by the European traders …

The declaration of universal health coverage (UHC) as a sustainable development goal
(SDG), in 2015 was a global resolution to building a world free of diseases and disease …

Nigeria, with its current population estimated at 184 million people1 (accounting for 20% of
the African population), has 36 states and 774 local government areas (LGAs). The country …

Health reforms that target universal coverage have intensified in Nigeria since the dawn of
the twenty-first century, and the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), in particular, has …

This policy research monograph is the second publication of the on-going research of the
Centre for Population and Environmental Development (CPED) on the research project titled …

Healthcare spending in Nigeria has never risen to 10% of the GDP, and over 95% of the
population is uninsured. This chapter provides political and economic reforms needed to …

Universal health coverage (UHC) is aimed at ensuring that individuals and communities
have affordable access to essential health care services without facing financial hardship …

There is increasing pressure for low and middle-income countries to move towards
achieving universal healthcare coverage (UHC). According to WHO (2013), UHC …