Equicare Strategies

This session will focus on how to back your voice with data and use the right tools to drive real impact. Date: Saturday, 21st March 2026 📍 Google Meet #Youthimpactfellowship #Healthadvocacy #Capacitybuilding #EquicareStrategies

Good advocacy is not just about passion, it’s about evidence.💫 This Saturday, Dr. Madhu Shruti Mukherjee, Medical Intern and UHC Advocate, will be taking our fellows through Using Evidence in Advocacy & Advocacy Tools.

Learn more in today’s #Didyouknow post . #AMR# #Monitoredantibiotics #Healthforall

Did you know that Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has increased in more than 40% of monitored antibiotics, according to a 2025 WHO surveillance report. This implies that AMR threatens to return medicine to a time when simple infections are untreatable.

Happy Birthday to the Director of Development and Partnerships, Ifeanyi Ngwoke🥳. Thank you for all you do in Equicare Strategies . May this new age come with God’s blessings, joy, peace and prosperity. We celebrate you today 🎉💚

Sources:
• Nairametrics, March 7, 2026
• Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare State of Health of the Nation Report 
#HealthGist #UniversalHealthCoverage #NHIA #PublicHealthNigeria #HealthFinancing #EquicareStrategies

However, rising drug prices, hospital consumable costs, and increased insurance premiums ranging  from 8% to 59%between 2024 and 2025 continue to pose challenges for patients and healthcare access.

Nigeria recorded an increase in health insurance enrollment from 19.2 million in 2024 to 21.7 million in 2025, representing about 13% of the national population, according to the

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 #EquicareStrategies #WomensHealth #GivetoGain

This International Women’s Day, Equicare Strategies reaffirms our commitment to health promotion that builds equitable, sustainable healthcare for all,starting with the women and girls who bear the brunt of systemic gaps. Together, let’s advocate for systems that heal, not harm.

Women should not have to rely on resilience to survive broken systems. A just society is one where health systems work for women: where care is timely, affordable, and dignified.

Lenacapavir for HIV prevention now at $40(55,000 Naira) in Nigeria ; a breakthrough for access, but is it truly affordable for millions of Nigerians ? Read about this and other articles : Medium: @equicarestrategies/lenacapavirs-40-promise-will-nigerians-actually-be-able-to-afford-it-a160b68244a3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@equicarestrat… LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pulse/lenacapa…

Join us today if you’re attending, or follow along for updates from the event! #EquicaresStrategies #PHCCongress2026 #PrimaryHealthCare #HealthFinancing #YouthInHealth

Our accepted paper, “Centering Youths in the Drive for Health Financing Reform in Nigeria: Programmatic Outcomes from the Youth Health Financing Forum 2025,”highlights the critical role of young people in shaping sustainable and inclusive health financing reforms in Nigeria.

We’re excited to share that our accepted Oral abstract presentation is taking place today ,March 4th, 2026, at 9:00 AM WAT at the 2nd Primary Health Care (PHC) Congress! This session will be presented by our Research Officer , Japhet Jonah.

Happy New Month from Equicare Strategies💚🎉

This month we say no to delays, quotas, backlogs, or poor coordination of healthcare investments that put lives at risk . We push harder for equitable, quality, affordable healthcare. Your health is not for managing. Let’s demand better, together.