AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoCare Costs: A Lagos conference will examine formalising home care as families shoulder long-term recovery and support; organisers say about 71% of health spending is out of pocket. Free Treatment: Pistis Foundation’s UBOMI outreach comes to Lagos Oct. 19–23, after delivering more than 10,000 medical interventions in Ibadan. Drug Safety: NAFDAC says it destroyed ₦5.3bn worth of fake and substandard products in one week. Health Funding: The Federal Government approved ₦40.76bn for health and extended insurance to 90,000 inmates. Primary Care: Officials say 4,434 clinics have been revamped, but only 53% of active primary health centres are functional; Kwara doctors have also begun a seven-day warning strike over pay and insurance deductions. Disease Burden: Nigeria has recorded 1,134 Lassa fever cases and 268 deaths this year, while ICRC-supported facilities in the North-East report an 18% rise in malnutrition cases.
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