Our friend and colleague; Dr Femi Sunmonu, Director of PurpleSource Healthcare, a healthcare management and investment company transforming the mass market private healthcare space in Nigeria recently attended the launch of Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria. These are his reflections.....
I recently attended the inauguration of the Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria (PHN) in Lagos two weeks ago. It was launched by Bill Gates and the patrons of the Alliance to contribute to the SAVING ONE MILLION LIVES movement. Its goals are to advance progress in meeting the health Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) by focusing on innovation, partnerships, advocacy and impact investments. Some eyes may already have begun to glaze over as yet another platform promises to catapult Nigerians into a new age of equitable, affordable, quality healthcare just in time for Christmas.
This however is NOT one of those organisations. This is a Private sector-led effort inaugurated by Industry Stalwarts like Aliku Dangote & Jim Ovia, and headed by young, driven professionals at the top of their respective fields. Their CV's are impressive; entrepreneurs, PHD's, and Management Consultants who have demonstrated the an ability to deliver results in their respective professions. The highly regarded former Minister of State for Health in Nigeria, Dr Muhammad Pate is joint leader of the alliance. The primary agenda of the PHN is to embrace innovation in all its forms to not only meet the health-related millennium Development Goals but to progress beyond them.
Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria
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