SMEs, Entrepreneurs Key To Revolutionsing Healthcare In Nigeria

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Gavi Ambassador, Dr Awele Elumelu, has said that the contributions of Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs are key to delivering innovations that would revolutionise healthcare system in Nigeria.

Chairperson of Avon Healthcare, Elumelu also called for partnership from the private and public sectors to provide solutions to Nigeria’s poor health infrastructure, absence of medical equipment and poor healthcare coverage.

Speaking at a press conference organised by the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency to celebrate the African Vaccination Week, in Abuja, yesterday, said: “The efforts to achieve widespread immunisation coverage cannot happen without the effective collaboration of the public and private sectors.

‘‘This is why partnerships with public health organisations such as the NPHCDA matter. On the national scale, immunisation yields healthy dividends for countries. Research shows that every dollar spent on childhood…



Source: Leadership Newspaper