US EditionNigeria's Health Budget Too Small to Address Challenges - Bill Gates
- Bill Gates criticized Nigeria's insufficient health budget and warned US foreign aid cuts increase the country's vulnerability during a Lagos media roundtable in 2025.
- US President Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing foreign aid under the 'America First agenda', aiming for efficiency but reducing crucial support to Nigeria.
- Nigeria depends largely on external funding to provide critical services including immunization, care for mothers, HIV treatment, and monitoring of diseases, yet the country continues to experience one of the world’s highest rates of maternal mortality.
- Gates highlighted innovations including low-cost ultrasounds and bleeding kits reducing maternal deaths and underlined his foundation's $2.8 billion commitment to Nigeria despite rising global instability.
- The continued underinvestment and aid reductions imply increased maternal and child deaths in Nigeria, stressing the need for stronger domestic health funding and governance to build resilient systems.
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Gates reaffirms support for health innovations in Nigeria, others amid fund cut - Daily Trust
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has pledged the continuous support of his Gates Foundation to improve health innovations in Africa despite dwindling foreign aid to the continent. He stated this during a roundtable discussion with a group of journalists in Lagos on Wednesday, acknowledging the global crisis is challenging the progress of healthcare. “We understand that the world is facing numerous challenges, but we believe tha…
Bill Gates says funding isn’t enough—these local health solutions prove so - Prime Progress NG
By Isaac Atunlute When billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates visited Nigeria, his message was sobering and direct: Nigeria’s health budget is far too low to meet the critical and growing needs of its population. From maternal mortality to vaccine-preventable diseases, the country’s health care system faces enormous pressure, and funding alone, he emphasised, won’t be enough. Amidst the challenges, local innovations, partnerships, and community-d…
Nigeria’s Health Budget ‘Very, Very Small’, Says Bill Gates
ABUJA, Nigeria — Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has called on the Nigerian government to significantly increase its investment in healthcare, warning that current spending levels are inadequate to tackle the country’s high maternal and child mortality rates. Speaking at a media roundtable in Abuja on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Gates said Nigeria’s health expenditure remains critically low, and meaningful progress will …
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