How to Build People-Centered Healthcare System for Africans From the Bottom Up
How to Build People-Centered Healthcare System for Africans From the Bottom Up
#AfricanCurrents | "I think the River State Health Model is actually a combination of lessons from across the country and across the continent [...]. For the longest time, health care expenditure, and I was deliberate about not using the word investment, has been looked at as the provision of a social good. And we fail to acknowledge health care as an economic investment. The more you invest in accessible, affordable, quality healthcare for the large population, the healthier your population is likely to be, the more available they will be for economic engagement that boosts the finances and the economy of the society,” Dr. Adaeze Oreh, Rivers State’s 27th Honourable Commissioner for Health, said.
🩺🩻 Rivers State, one of Nigeria’s oil-rich states, has formalized community input into health policy, revitalized dozens of clinics, and deployed AI diagnostics for effective medical service provision accessible to all.
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