Stakeholders in the health sector have advocated for the establishment of a health development bank of Nigeria to assist in solving financial challenges in the health care system.
Stakeholders in the health sector have advocated for the establishment of a health development bank of Nigeria to assist in solving financial challenges in the healthcare system.
The stakeholders comprising seven State Commissioners of Health, the States Executive Secretaries of Primary Healthcare Development Agencies and the Federal Capital Territory made the call in Abuja. Onyekwere further noted that most of the equipment and other technological devices used in the health sector are capital intensive, hence, the need for a specialized bank.
“We are asking for a specialized health bank that will fund healthcare like the intervention done for the Bank of Industry, Bank of Agriculture and others. So, this specialized bank for the health sector will be financing health.”
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