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MamaYe

#FundNaijaHealth

Improvements in reproductive maternal newborn child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) depend on the availability of quality reproductive, maternal, new-born, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) services. Through advocacy and a drive for accountability, MamaYe-E4A Nigeria has been catalysing actions to improve service delivery and the quality of services provided in its three focal states – Lagos, Bauchi and Gombe through 1. Increased budgetary allocation to health but particularly RMNCAH, in Lagos and 2. Advocacy for release of budgeted funds in a timely manner. In achieving these objectives MamaYe identified serious constraints such as • The priority placed on the Health sector over other sectors perceived to be income generating resulting in comparatively lower budget allocations • Delayed release/disbursement of funds from approved budgets leading to poor annual budgetary performance for example since 2015 the budget performance stood at 31% in 2016 and 54% in 2017. • Poor planning by MDAs in prioritizing programmes for implementation • Political preferences which often times is not health related • Low public expectation of quality service and demand for service improvements. There is therefore an urgent need to ensure that public spending on health is not only increased but fully utilized to provide the necessary services needed to improve the health sector not only in Lagos but across Nigeria. This campaign launch which is kicking off in Lagos is a nationwide campaign calling on Governments at all levels to adequately #FundNaijaHealth. The trend in budget allocation for Lagos is 7.38% in 2014, 9.11% in 2015, 9.76% in 2016, 6.3 2% in 2017 and 8.8% in 2018. Currently the Nigerian Health system is facing grave challenges with the ongoing strike by JOHESU which is linked to funding. There is no better time than now to call on all stakeholders especially Government, the private sector, communities and individuals to ensure that our health system...

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