By Okeoghene Akubuike
Prof. Mynepalli Sridhar of the University of Ibadan has identified low political will, poor governance and mismanagement of resources as barriers to Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
Sridhar said this during the 2nd Public Lecture to mark the 2019 World Health Day organised by the Faculty of Health Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Abuja on Monday.
The topic of the lecture is: “Universal Health Coverage: A Dissection into Nigeria’s Need of the Hour”.
Sridhar, who is a Professor at the College of Medicine, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, the University of Ibadan, added that a lack of coordination among the three tiers of the government was also a barrier to UHC.
The don said that UHC meant that all citizens would get quality health services where and when needed without suffering financial hardship.
“One should not undermine that…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
