Nigeria’s Growing Care Burden Raises Questions About Who Pays for Care
Nigeria’s healthcare conversation may need to extend beyond hospitals and clinics as the growing burden of long-term care increasingly shifts to households.This is the focus of the 2026 Care Conference, convened by The Purple Global Mission, which will examine how home care can become a structured component of Nigeria’s healthcare system rather than an informal […] The post Nigeria’s Growing Care…
Nigeria's growing care burden is raising questions about who should pay for long-term care, especially as the responsibility shifts from hospitals to households. The 2026 Care Conference, organized by The Purple Global Mission, aims to explore how home care can become a structured part of Nigeria's healthcare system. Scheduled for November 19, 2026, in Lagos, the theme of the conference is "Care as Infrastructure: Building a National Position on Home Care for Nigeria."
A critical issue under discussion is how Nigeria can account for, finance, and regulate care that occurs after a patient leaves the hospital. Families in Nigeria often take on the responsibility of rehabilitation, elderly care, disability support, recovery, and long-term assistance at home. These activities are an essential part of healthcare delivery but remain largely outside formal health systems and financing structures.
The conference aims to address this by developing a Nigerian National Position on Care as Infrastructure to support policymaking, legislative engagement, and stakeholder dialogue on financing, regulating, and integrating care into Nigeria's healthcare system.
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