COVID-19 and progress towards achieving universal health coverage in Africa: A case of Nigeria.

Autor: Amos OA; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria., Adebisi YA; Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.; Global Health Focus, London, UK., Bamisaiye A; Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria., Olayemi AH; Department of Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria., Ilesanmi EB; Faculty of Nursing Science, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria., Micheal AI; School of Medicine, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine., Ekpenyong A; Global Health Focus, London, UK.; Global Health Policy Unit, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK., Lucero-Prisno DE 3rd; Global Health Focus, London, UK.; Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The International journal of health planning and management [Int J Health Plann Manage] 2021 Sep; Vol. 36 (5), pp. 1417-1422. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 23.
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3263
Abstrakt: 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.
(© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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