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<p>Nigeria needs about 386,000 hospital beds and about $82 billion of investment in healthcare real estate assets to reach the global average of 2.7 beds per thousand people, according to a report by real estate consultancy Knight Frank. This could get boost with the introduction of a customized, mobility-enhanced Modular Healthcare Facility at the Gbagada General Hospital in Lagos, by Alpha Mead Healthcare Management Services. The facility, according to the company seeks to take quality healthcare services to the doorstep of Nigerians and make access to healthcare affordable. CNBC Africa spoke with the Group Chief Executive Officer of Alphamead, Femi Akintunde for more.</p>


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<p>A cabinet meeting, held via video conference and chaired by Rwandan President Paul Kagame, has resolved to extend the country’s existing <a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/east-africa/2020/04/15/rwandan-frank-nsonga-on-how-he-battled-covid-19-and-won/">COVID-19</a> lockdown for another eleven days, meaning it will now end on 30 April.</p>



<p>This is the second time the government has extended the <a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/east-africa/2020/04/09/im-bank-rwanda-reduces-interest-rates-by-0-5-to-cushion-customers-from-covid-19/">lockdown period</a>.</p>



<p>For more coverage on COVID-19 visit: <a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/covid-19/">https://www.cnbcafrica.com/covid-19/</a></p>



<p>The following statement provides more details:</p>



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<p>The Co-Founders of War on Cancer, Sebastian Hermelin and Fabian Bolin both spoke to CNBC Africa’s Christy Cole on the sidelines of Nigeria’s Digital Economy Summit, on how technology can be leveraged to improve healthcare globally and in Nigeria.</p>


Leveraging technology to improve healthcare in Nigeria and globally

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<p>The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the East African Community (EAC) have signed an MoU for project development and implementation. Key sectors will include IT, infrastructure and healthcare. CNBC Africa&#8217;a Kopano Gumbi spoke to Bernard Mono, Head of Finance at East Africa Development Bank and Mohan Vivekanandan, Group Executive, Origination and Coverage at the DBSA.</p>


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<p>UNICEF’s Chief of Health, Sanjana Bhardwaj says solutions designed for maternal health must have women and children at the centre. While speaking to CNBC Africa’s Christy Cole about the latest UNICEF report on global child nutrition and maternal health, the UNICEF Chief maintained data gathering and evidence must be efficiently in unpacking health sector issues.</p>


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<p>The CEO of Philips Africa, Jasper Westerink says that healthcare is a shared responsibility and we all have to join hands and implement together. At the Future of Health Summit – to discuss this and more, CNBC Africa&#8217;s Christy Cole caught up with CEO of Philips Africa, Jasper Westerink.</p>


Future of Health Summit: Philips Africa’s Jasper Westerink on having a shared view on healthcare

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By <span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/agnes-binagwaho-397402">Agnes Binagwaho</a>, <em><a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-global-health-equity-3205">University of Global Health Equity</a></em> and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/miriam-frisch-843046">Miriam Frisch</a>, <em><a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-global-health-equity-3205">University of Global Health Equity</a></em></span>

<p>Seven countries around the world – three of them in Africa – have made faster than expected progress over the past 15 years in reducing <a href="https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-survival/under-five-mortality/">deaths among children younger than five</a>. These seven countries, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Nepal, Peru, Rwanda and Senegal, were selected because they have all performed unexpectedly well in improving childhood health relative to their <a href="https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG">economic growth</a>. </p>

<p>There are many factors at the root of their achievements, most notably, a strong integrated and coordinated health system built on primary health care. However, one cross-cutting factor stands out that we believe allowed them all to achieve significant health gains but which, so far, tends to be always overlooked: trust.</p>

<p>This is clear from a <a href="https://wellcome.ac.uk/sites/default/files/wellcome-global-monitor-2018.pdf">report</a>, published by the Wellcome Trust and the Gallup Institute earlier this year. It surveyed 140,000 people in 140 countries to find out how they felt about science and health. </p>

<p>A study on public attitudes to science and health on a global scale, the survey covered topics such as whether people
trust science, scientists, and information about health; the levels of understanding and interest in science and health; the benefits of science;
the compatibility of religion and science; and attitudes to vaccines. </p>

<p>There’s a remarkable overlap between countries that have achieved progress in health goals such as reducing under-5 mortality, and those that ranked high in the trust survey. All seven were among the highest ranked globally when it came to their populations’ belief in the importance of vaccines while six out of the seven ranked highly in their trust in hospitals and health clinics. </p>

<p>There’s logic in this. With greater population trust in health systems, health uptake and health outcomes improve. People are more likely to understand the benefits of health services and place a high value in receiving these services. This includes trusting in vaccinations which would lead people to placing a high value on vaccinating their children.</p>

<p>Rwanda in particular has done well in building population trust. According to the survey, the country reports the highest levels of confidence in hospitals and health clinics in the world, and the largest proportion of the population who agree that vaccines are effective. Rwanda also comes out on top in the world in terms of how much of its population believes that vaccines are important for children and in <a href="https://data.unicef.org/resources/immunization-coverage-estimates-data-visualization/">the percentage of children who are vaccinated.</a></p>

<p>This is the result of the work the Rwandan government has done over the past 25 years to build a strong health system and foster an inclusive approach to health coverage, starting at a community level. These actions can serve as a model for other countries to replicate.</p>

<h2>Crucial steps</h2>

<p>It is 25 years since Rwanda was destroyed by the <a href="https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/1999/1257">1994 genocide</a> against the Tutsi. Since then, the country of more than <a href="http://www.statistics.gov.rw/statistical-publications/subject/population-size-and-population-characteristics">12 million</a> people has developed a <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)60574-2/fulltext?rss=yes">strong, decentralised health system</a> and addressed many of the major financial and geographic barriers that vulnerable populations face in accessing healthcare services. </p>

<p>Some of the steps have included:</p>

<p><strong>Prioritising programmes that leave no one out</strong></p>

<p><strong>Building a decentralised health system:</strong> There are 15,000 villages in Rwanda. By 2018, each one had <a href="http://www.rbc.gov.rw/index.php?id=19&amp;tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=447&amp;cHash=c95bbbc0655d12b71c9ccdc675ab2313">four community health workers</a>. These community health workers are elected by their peers and are highly respected, trusted members of their communities who are spending sleepless night to keep their peers healthy. </p>

<p>The trust that’s been built between community health workers and the people they represent has provided a strong foundation in developing broader trust in health systems and in the government that created the system.</p>

<p><strong>Promoting the uptake of health services and vaccination service delivery</strong>: Community health workers, among other tasks, ensure that all pregnant women in their village attend antenatal clinics and deliver in a health facility, that every child gets vaccinated, and that community members are educated about the importance of vaccines and other preventive and curative treatments.</p>

<p><strong>Offering universal access to a range of treatments:</strong> For example, HIV prevention care and treatment services, including the use of antiretroviral treatment.</p>

<p>All these measures contributed to growing population trust in the health system. People feel more comfortable in seeking out healthcare at health facilities and trusting the advice given to them by health professionals.  </p>

<h2>More work remains</h2>

<p>There have been <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)60574-2/fulltext?rss=yes">tangible benefits</a> to this rebuilding. Life expectancy has doubled. Immunisation coverage rates also increased from less than 30% in 1995 (with five kinds of vaccines administered) to 94% in 2015, with <a href="http://www.nitag-resource.org/uploads/media/default/0001/03/ff28cb2c2cb72344d4d7416d8178b25407d57cbb.pdf">10 vaccines administered to boys and 11 administered to girls, including the HPV vaccine</a>.</p>

<p>This is not to say that Rwanda doesn’t have more work to do. That’s also true of that the other six countries that performed well in the Wellcome Global Monitor.</p>

<p>Education remains a critical gap. The Wellcome Global Monitor <a href="https://wellcome.ac.uk/sites/default/files/wellcome-global-monitor-2018.pdf">reported</a> that the seven countries had some of the highest population proportions with little to no knowledge of science, especially among older people.</p>

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<p>A lack of science education is a major barrier to improving health outcomes and achieving and sustaining <a href="https://www.who.int/health_financing/universal_coverage_definition/en/">universal health coverage</a>. Strong education systems that are training our scientists, clinicians and health professionals are crucial to ensuring countries have enough skilled professionals to provide high quality care to everyone. </p>

<p>This is a gap we are trying to fill at the <a href="https://ughe.org/">University of Global Health Equity</a> in the rural north of Rwanda: to train future clinicians to have the tools to effectively address inequities in healthcare and to build and maintain health systems that leave no one out.<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/124183/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" style="border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important; text-shadow: none !important"></p>

<p><span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/agnes-binagwaho-397402">Agnes Binagwaho</a>, Vice Chancellor, <em><a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-global-health-equity-3205">University of Global Health Equity</a></em> and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/miriam-frisch-843046">Miriam Frisch</a>, Research Associate to the Vice Chancellor, <em><a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-global-health-equity-3205">University of Global Health Equity</a></em></span></p>

<p>This article is republished from <a href="http://theconversation.com">The Conversation</a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the <a href="https://theconversation.com/lessons-from-rwanda-on-how-trust-can-help-repair-a-broken-health-system-124183">original article</a>.</p>

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<p>To explore how Africa can get better outcomes in healthcare, General Electric&#8217;s Commercial Leader for Africa, Clyde Lewis joins CNBC Africa&#8217;s Kenneth Igbomor for more.</p>


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<p>At the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – to discuss ways to move the needle for healthcare in Africa John Nkengasong, Director of Africa Centre for Disease Control (ACDS) joins CNBC Africa&#8217;s Kenneth Igbomor for more.</p>


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<p>Africa is making stride ensuring that everyone has access to quality health services without encountering financial hardship. MMH Accelerator Program launched an 11 month business program for local social entrepreneurs with start-ups in the health space. Eduardo Lioy, Director Corporate Strategy Development at Boehringer Ingelheim joins CBNC Africa for more.</p>


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<p>It is estimated that Africa will need at least $25 billion in investments to meet healthcare demands. Experts believe that this and other efforts aiming to transform healthcare on the continent will hardly be achieved if the private sector is not involved. For more CNBC Africa is joined by Dr. Amit Thakker, Chairman of Africa Health Business.</p>


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<p>The continent is riddled with issues of poor quality healthcare and safety issue which compromise the level of health for many communities .However, there can be a solution to these issues. New technological developments have been transforming the way in which healthcare is being distributed and taken care of on the continent. Ryan Sanderson, Exhibition Director of Africa Health Exhibition and Conferences joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


How digital technology is transforming healthcare in Africa

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<p>Africans need to stop looking at putting money into healthcare as a cost and start looking at it as an investment. This is according to Halima Dangote, Executive Director of the Aliko Dangote Foundation who spoke to CNBC Africa&#8217;s Wole Famurewa on the side-lines of the just concluded African Union Summit in Addis Ababa.</p>


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<p>Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS says a government-driven approach will not make access to healthcare universal to Africans at such a coalition like the African Business Coalition for health is needed. He joins CNBC Africa’s Wole Famurewa to discuss the impact of poor healthcare on quality of life in Africa.</p>


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<p>Top African leaders and the private sector will converge on the side-lines of the 32nd African Union Summit for the inaugural Africa Business Health Forum in Addis Ababa, where they will be exploring ways to catalyse growth in Africa&#8217;s health sector. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Wole Famurewa caught up with President of Dangote Group Aliko Dangote, to discuss how this forum plans to change the face of healthcare in Africa.</p>


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<p>According to the World Health Organization, the ratio of physicians to patients is 1 per every 1000 in Africa, This, denying many a chance to quality healthcare. CNBC Africa sat down with Prof. Agnes Binagwaho, Vice Chancellor for the University of Global Health Equity for a look at that and raising the numbers for female enrolment in the medical field.</p>


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<p>Major players in Africa&#8217;s innovation, Sanofi is set to launch three challenges for African start-ups to find innovative solutions to improve access to healthcare and transform the health ecosystem throughout the continent. For more CNBC Africa is joined by Sanofi&#8217;s Country Chair Kenya &#038; General Manager Peter Munyasi.</p>


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