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PAS findings in Lagos, Kano, Niger and Kaduna states show challenges in timely releases and governance issues

People’s scorecard assessments conducted by PAS coalitions in Lagos, Kano, Kaduna and Niger States showed existence of costed implementation plans (CIPs), but poor allocation, absence of timely fund releases and challenges in governance issues still continue to undermine effective FP…

PAS Advocates Trained on media campaign as a tool for Budget Advocacy 14th September 2019

The Partnership for Advocacy in child and family health at scale, PACFaH@Scale organized a one-day training for its subgrantees on using media campaign as an effective advocacy tool. The one-day-day training was organized on Saturday September 14, 2019 at the…

Expanding Healthcare Access to The Poor and Vulnerable Children in Nigeria Through Creation of Enabling Environment for Policy Change and Public Private Integration-The Case of the PACFAH@Scale Project in Nigeria

INTRODUCTION Nigeria falls significantly short of the universal health coverage (UHC) targets set by the nation. Nigeria’s public health expenditure is sub-optimal, with out of pocket expenditure at 71.5%[1], a 0.2% decrease from the 2014 WHO Global Health Observatory for…

Niger State PAS Partners Meeting with Selected consultants on PAS Project Issue areas; RI, FP, CKD, PHCUOR & Budget

Background/Justification The Niger State PACFaH@ Scale partners under the support from the development and Project Centre, Abuja undertook an assessment visit to some selected facilities (PHCs) in Niger State. The team which comprises of selected members from across the sub-grantee…

5th Biennial Family Planning Conference Abuja

dRPC PAS organised a side session to engage government, civil society organisations and new state actors on innovations, Inclusiveness and investment in family planning in Nigeria.

Building Capacity for Advocacy in RH

The Centre views the area of advocacy in RH/FP as an important issue of health governance. Through its advocacy programs we seek to improve RH/FP outcomes by increasing capacity of civil and professional stakeholders (CAPS) in the health sector to…

One Percent Consolidated Revenue Fund

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s health sector have persistently campaigned for the full implementation of the National Health Act 2014 which stipulates that not less than 1% of Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) is set aside for Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF).

A closer look at 2017 Niger State Health Budget

The quality of healthcare services in the country is generally considered as being poor due to shortage of manpower even when Nigerians are among the best doctors and nurses in the world. In Nigeria, it is estimated that for every…

PACFaH Advances Media Advocacy in Child and Family Health

In line with its primary objective to identify and encourage decision makers on innovative strategies and mechanisms to forecast funding needs for effective child and family health in Nigeria, Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health in Nigeria (PACFaH)…