As Nigeria, last week, joined the rest of the globe to mark the 2019 World Health Day, Martins Ifijeh writes on the need to prioritise universal health coverage and improve health of citizens, if the country must move beyond just ‘marking’ the day to actually celebrating the achievements recorded in the sector
While several billions of people across the globe are no doubt living their lives this way, it is said to be more common in middle and low income countries where majority of the citizens do not have the financial strength to purchase healthcare for themselves and their families in addition to other things they need money for.
This, no doubt has played out in the different healthcare indices of the country; from poor maternal and child health, to disease outbreaks, poor human and capital development, and high mortality rates, among others – making the country one of the worst places on earth to live a healthy life. A public health expert, Dr. Rufus Momoh said if the Nigerian government, including the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory give priority to primary healthcare services, it will go a mile closer to achieving universal health coverage for Nigerians, as this represents the closest connection between the citizens and healthcare services.
WHO said: “Today, half the world’s population cannot access essential health services. Millions of women give birth without help from skilled attendants; millions of children miss out on vaccinations against killer diseases, and millions suffer and die because they can’t get treatment for Human Immuno Virus , Tuberculosis, and malaria.
In 2016, total government health expenditure was 0.6 per cent of Gross Domestic Product . And as a share of total government expenditure, government health spending was also low at 6.1 per cent, amounting to just $11 per capital.
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