10 Jul 2021
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Healthcare is a right, not a privilege
By Nitin Kapoor April 7, 2021 | 06:10 pm GMT+7
Achieving universal healthcare, while being a noble pursuit, is not without challenges, especially amid the coronavirus pandemic. To do that, global cooperation is essential.
Nitin Kapoor
Around this time last year when Covid-19 first affected communities globally and in Vietnam, as a resident in Vietnam, I remember following the Vietnamese government’s daily briefings and feeling so moved when it was announced: central quarantine at government facilities would provisionally be free for all.
Foreign visitors and expats would only have to pay for hospital fees if they tested positive with coronavirus, and everyone would be treated equally and with dignity. At peak periods, there were easily more than 50,000 people in quarantine at different locations, so the costs that the government was shouldering must have been significant.
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By Chioma Obinna
Despite spirited attempts to improve the fortunes of the healthcare sector, Nigeria has been ranked among countries with the worst health system services in Africa.
In a first-of-its-kind Health System Sustainability index report released on Tuesday, Nigeria ranked 14th with a total of 41 scores out of 18 African countries, with South Africa ranking first with 63 scores.
Tunisia came second with 58, followed behind with Morocco 55 while the Democratic Republic of Congo came last with 33 scores.
The Africa Sustainability Index launched by the FutureProofing Healthcare initiative at the 2021 Africa Health Agenda International Conference, AHAIC, also revealed that Nigeria ranked last in maternal mortality, infant vaccination, and in neonatal mortality.