TY - JOUR
AU - Amos, Oladunni Abimbola
AU - Adebisi, Yusuff Adebayo
AU - Bamisaiye, Adeola
AU - Olayemi, Alaka Hassan
AU - Ilesanmi, Esther Bosede
AU - Micheal, Alumuku Iordepuun
AU - Ekpenyong, Aniekan
AU - Lucero-Prisno III, Don Eliseo
PY - 2021
DA - June
TI - COVID‐19 and progress towards achieving universal health coverage in Africa: a case of Nigeria
JO - International Journal of Health Planning and Management
EP - 1422
VL - 36
IS - 5
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3263
AB - Universal Health Coverage (UHC) 2030 is a global health target, and countries are making efforts to convert plans into tangible results. Nigeria, the most populated country in Africa, has made commitments towards UHC2030 target but is underperforming across many building blocks of health and progress has been slow. The arrival of COVID-19 poses additional pressure on the already feeble health system causing the government to direct focus towards containing the pandemic. However, existing gaps in health workforce density, weak primary health care infrastructure and inadequate budgetary allocation have resulted in inequitable access to basic healthcare services. This situation weighs most heavily on the poor who are mostly part of the informal economy thereby pushing people further into poverty. On the other hand, COVID-19 has provided valuable insights into Nigeria's current health system status which hopefully can be helpful in strengthening efforts towards building resilient health system and preparing the country towards future pandemic. The pandemic has highlighted the importance of essential health services and the need to strengthen primary healthcare system. It is, therefore, important that stakeholders in Nigeria and other African countries carry out situation analysis of the current health systems towards achieving UHC2030.
PB - Wiley
UR - https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/311381/
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
ER