Learn Health Financing
Every health system runs on money, yet very few people understand how it moves.
Around the world, 2.1 billion people faced financial hardship paying for healthcare in 2022. In Nigeria, about 72% of health spending still comes straight from households' own pockets, usually at the moment someone is already sick.
The Naira Session is Learn Health Financing's live session series, breaking down one big health financing question at a time in plain language. In this first session, we start with the most basic question of all: who actually pays for healthcare?
What the event is about
Over two hours, we'll follow the money through Nigeria's health system and compare it with the rest of the world:
The five sources of health money: households, government, insurance, employers, and donors, and how big each one is.
Why Nigeria relies on out-of-pocket spending, and what that means for families when illness strikes.
How other countries protect their people by pooling money before illness, through taxes, insurance or savings.
What it means in practice for patients, health workers, hospitals, founders and policymakers.
Your questions, answered in an open Q&A.