In Africa, an all-too-familiar story with a lot of countries, and Nigeria for instance, remained largely the same in terms of suboptimal healthcare service delivery.
…as response grant closes in June
The Global Fund and health sector stakeholders have tasked Nigeria to sustain and scale up critical health investments made during the COVID-19 pandemic to strengthen disease preparedness, as the COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM) grant draws to a close at the end of June.
The Fund made this call at the National Close-Out Meeting of the C19RM grant in Abuja on Thursday, noting that the true test of the programme’s success will be whether the gains achieved are preserved and expanded beyond donor funding.
The grant financed interventions spanning disease surveillance, oxygen infrastructure, supply chain systems and other health sector investments aimed at strengthening the country’s response to the pandemic and improving health system resilience.
Ketevan Bejanishvili, Disease Fund Manager
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