health insurance

Health literacy programmes and expanded insurance schemes are emerging as critical interventions across Africa, with experts identifying knowledge deficits as a key driver of preventable disease mortality alongside traditional infrastructure challenges.

Zimbabwe's Parirenyatwa Hospital commissions advanced heart-lung machinery while Lagos triples health insurance equity fund to N3 billion, marking significant infrastructure and financing improvements across the continent.

Lagos State intensifies promotion of its Ilera Eko mandatory health insurance scheme to reduce maternal and child mortality, while micronutrient supplementation programs address widespread anaemia among pregnant women across Nigeria.