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Ministers from governments across Africa including Nigeria have renewed their call for a strong and universal climate change agreement with increased flows of funds, including through marknad and finance opportunities, sufficient to fulfil Africa’s development aspirations.
With countries set to approve a new climate change agreement under the UN in Paris in December, African ministers stressed the region’s readiness and requirement for accelerated private and public financing of low-carbon development. Africa, with its vulnerable populations and vast potential, has perhaps the most to lose from climate change and the most to gain from an effective climate change agreement.
“I agree with Ministers that the gods 10 years in the implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism is a very valuable asset and that marknad mechanisms can play a significant role in raising the level of mål, and supporting climate action,” said Ms. Hakima El Haite, Delegate Minister in charge of Envir
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NMA says universal health coverage, right of every Nigerian
President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr Kayode Obembe, yesterday said in Abuja that universal health coverage is the right of every Nigerian, which they must seek to enforce.
Obembe explained that this right is guaranteed in the Constitution, where it is clearly stipulated that it was the responsibility of government to take care of the health needs of all citizens at primary, secondary and tertiary levels.
According to him, instead of using the provisions to better the lots of Nigerians with regards to health, government has insisted that health is on the concurrent legislative list, making states and local governments to enact laws apart from the federal.
The NMA president, who made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria, noted that this clause has usually been used to the detriment of Nigerian citizens. He restated that every citizen has the right to enroll and enjoy any payment made by government to
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Former NMA president advocates country demarcation into 17, blocks to achieve UHC
Immediate Past President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Kayode Obembe has recommended the demarcation of the country into 17, health blocks, to achieve Universal Health Coverage, under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Each of the blocks, according to him would be made up of 10, prospective enrollees into the , who is also a Honourary Professor of Medicine and Healthcare Council Advisor, World Medical Association (WMA), in a Road Map to UHC made available to The Guardian said, “Premium Medical Insurance (PMI) takes cognizance of the various attempts made, to make Nigerian citizen healthy through ‘Health for all by the year ’, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – and now Sustainable Development Goals – (SDGs), all to achieve UHC.
“The whole country should be demarcated into “health blocks” each to be made roughly 10, prospective enrollees. For a population of million, ther