Analysis
With USAID Gone, Can African Governments Fill the Gap?
The abrupt USAID withdrawal exposed Africa’s reliance on foreign aid, pushing nations to find local alternatives.
Usman Yakubu Usman
February 27, 2025
The abrupt USAID withdrawal exposed Africa’s reliance on foreign aid, pushing nations to find local alternatives.
….the hijacking of local government administration, funds and allocation by state government has made it impossible for them to meet their responsibilities, the President of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, (NULGE), Akeem Ambali, said.
With privatisation, Nigeria could turn its struggling teaching hospitals around.
African countries need to explore an alternative solution to tobacco control.
As it turned out, adopting a harm reduction approach to tobacco not only helps the consumers, it can also drive positive economic growth.
In this report, SHEREEFDEEN AHMAD uncovered the sad reality of Sokoto state’s primary health centre suffering from an acute infrastructure deficit, to the extent of converting a toilet in the facility into a delivery room.
From infrastructural deficit, shortage of staff to ill-equipment, the primary healthcare system in Nigeria continues to remain in a sorry state. This stigma hampers healthcare service delivery in many communities across the country, particularly in remote areas. In this story, SHEREEFDEEN AHMAD reports the deplorable condition of some primary health centres in Sokoto State and its dire consequences on staff members and residents.
Aside from the apathy the government is demonstrating towards the health sector, other causes pointed out by medical experts are low infrastructural development, a low income rate, and the improvisation of medical equipment.
Telemedicine involves using digital devices like computers and smartphones to provide healthcare services remotely.
The lawmakers are obviously blind to potential adverse consequences of the new Bill if passed into law.
Desperate politicians would choose to ignore the impossibility signal — no matter how obvious that is — and promise people free stuff to amass votes.
The world no doubt has learned—in a hard way—the effects of impeding free trade beyond borders.
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