The Federal Capital Territory Health Insurance Scheme (FHIS) says it will delist health maintenance organisations not delivering quality healthcare services to enrollees
In addition, findings showed that one in five member states reported prison overcrowding, which has various negative consequences for health.
Equitorial Guinea has so far reported nine deaths as well as 16 suspected cases of the Marburg virus disease.
The study explained that systemic racism was at the root of this discrepancy.
Quality and effective healthcare service delivery is said to directly reflect health workers’ mental and physical health and well-being.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says the country recorded 216 diphtheria cases and 40 deaths.
The five-day campaign will target more than six million children under the age of five in 39 districts of the country.
The official said the government also established Nigeria’s largest maternity and childcare complex to stem maternal and child mortality.
CODE said the government needed to equip the primary healthcare facilities considering its proximity to the grassroots.
According to the WHO, more than one billion people globally are at risk of cholera.
