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On healthcare financing;

"A sustainable solution is to have an NHS scheme that works & one of the areas of concern is the low level of expertise in the healthcare system" says Uche Orji, CEO @nsia_nigeria at the 3rd BusinessDay Digital Dialogue Series

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"Nigeria is yet to get a better value for the little it has spent on its healthcare system and this is due to the weak primary health care system." - Tope Adeniyi, CEO @AXAMansard Health Insurance

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"Nigeria needs to have a legislation that will make health insurance mandatory and make NHIS to be able to work effectively and also regulate other operators to deliver what is expected" - Tope Adeniyi, CEO @AXAMansard Health Insurance

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According to Prof Nasir Sambo, Executive Secretary, @NHISng, resource mobilisation, resource pooling and resource allocation & tracking are the three basic ways in which a country can attract health care financing.

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Also on healthcare financing;

"The Social health insurance scheme is the most equitable & most profitable of them all as it allows the rich to subsidise healthcare services for the poor by pooling risk and resources together." Nasir Sambo of @NhisNg

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On lessons from 🇳🇬's response to #COVIDー19, the @nsia_nigeria boss says there is a weak pharmaceutical supply chain not just in Nigeria but globally, as there was too much dependence on China & India hence, the lockdown in these country affected others

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