ArticleThe International journal of health planning and management2021
COVID-19 calls for health systems strengthening in Africa: A case of Nigeria.
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- Barriers against and strategies for malaria control during the COVID-19 pandemic in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.Malaria journal · 2023Pooled it
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- The role of universal health coverage and global health security nexus and interplay on SARS-CoV-2 infection and case-fatality rates in Africa : a structural equation modeling approach.Globalization and health · 2023Article
- The role of community-based approaches in achieving universal health coverage: addressing the Nigerian narrative.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Integrating health intervention into existing program structure of the neglected tropical diseases: lessons learned from Yobe and Ebonyi states.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Public-private partnership to rapidly strengthen and scale COVID-19 response in Western Kenya.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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- COVID-19 calls for health systems strengthening in Africa: A case of Nigeria.The International journal of health planning and management · 2021Article
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- COVID-19 Pandemic- Ethical Challenges for Healthcare Workers Practicing in Resource-Limited Settings.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationReview
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven the need for countries worldwide to implement strategies that promote health systems strengthening and ensure epidemic preparedness. Many African countries are burdened by fragile healthcare systems, hence, this paper emphasises the need for African policymakers to improve healthcare quality in their countries. Through a brief review of various online literatures concerning health systems strengthening in Africa, this paper focuses on the nature of healthcare in Nigeria amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The major stress areas include COVID-19 testing capacity, health workforce, infection prevention and control, health information and surveillance systems, health insurance, public-private partnerships, and governance. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified several challenges ravaging Africa's already fragile healthcare systems, leaving the health sectors of most African countries ill-prepared to deal with the pandemic. If Nigeria and many other African countries had invested sufficiently in strengthening their healthcare systems prior to COVID-19, their pandemic response efforts would have been more effective. Health systems strengthening is necessary to ensure steady progress toward universal health coverage and global health security. Through health systems strengthening, Nigeria and other African countries can greatly improve their infection prevention and control measures.
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