AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoHealth Workforce: Kwara doctors have begun a seven-day warning strike over salary deductions, unpaid allowances and staffing shortages. Anaesthetists are also calling for better equipment and funding to make surgery safer. Primary Care: The Federal Government says it has revamped 4,434 clinics and will link health funding to states’ permanent recruitment of frontline staff. Yet only 53% of primary health centres are functional; health insurance coverage has reached 23 million people. Hygiene: WaterAid says just 8% of Nigerians practise proper handwashing with soap and running water, highlighting major gaps in access to basic hygiene facilities. Nutrition and Disease: ICRC-supported facilities in the North-East report an 18% rise in malnutrition cases. Nigeria has recorded 1,134 Lassa fever cases and 267 deaths since January, with a 23.6% fatality rate.
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