The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, has urged African governments to “strengthen domestic financing, reform payroll systems and implement national plans to accelerate the expansion of the continent’s community health workforce to two million by 2030.”
Salako made the call on Thursday at a high-level ministerial gathering on community health in Abuja, where African countries, continental institutions and development partners deliberated on strategies to strengthen community-based healthcare delivery.
He said the meeting should produce concrete commitments on funding, payroll reforms, policy measures and implementation plans, stressing that the decisions taken would have significant implications for the continent’s health systems.
“Distinguished delegates, our time together here this afternoon is limited. But the decisions before us are consequential,” the minister said.
He urged participants to make the most of the meeting by agreeing on practical measures to accelerate progress towards the 2030 target.
Salako outlined four
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