The African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA) is back with an all-in-person scientific conference between March 10 and 14, 2025 at the Kigali Convention Centre in Rwanda. Since 2009, AfHEA has continued to host this major and largest conference of health economics, systems, and policy experts across Africa. The last all-in-person conference was hosted in 2019.
Also, since 2009, the Health Policy Research Group, University of Nigeria (HPRG-UNN), among the founding members of AfHEA and a frontline health systems and policy institute in Africa, has consistently featured in AfHEA’s conferences. This year, over 12 studies from the research think-tank will be presented in Kigali, drawing from an arsenal of its studies on health financing, urban health, community health systems, sexual and reproductive health rights, health sector corruption, vaccine economics, crime and health, sanitation and hygiene, and school health. We have compiled these presentations below:
(1) Associate Prof. Enyi Etiaba
Paper (Oral): Strengthening health security at community level in Nigeria: examining what multi-sectoral contributions and policies exist
Date/Venue: Wednesday, 12/3/2025, 2pm, Kigali Convention Centre
(2) Dr Prince Agwu
Paper (Oral): What happens to school-aged children when child health policies and laws are poorly implemented and what solutions could be applied in Nigeria?
Date/Venue: Wednesday, 12/3/2025, 2pm, AD11, Kigali Convention Centre
(3) Chinelo Obi
Paper (Oral): Referral experiences of service users in Nigerian urban slums
Date/Venue: Wednesday, 12/3/2025, 3:45pm, Akagera Hall, Lemigo Hotel
(4) Dr Pamela Ogbozor
Paper (Oral): Crime in urban areas inhibits provision of health services in primary health centres: a qualitative study in Nigeria
Date/Venue: Wednesday, 12/3/2025, 2pm, AD10, Kigali Convention Centre
(5) Iheomimi Ojiakor
Paper (Oral): Provider and consumer perspectives on whether and how best to link the informal health sector to the formal health system in Nigerian slums
Date/Venue: Thursday, 13/3/2025, 10am, AD7, Kigali Convention Centre
(6) Okechukwu Ozor
Paper (Oral): Inequities in household out-of-pocket spending among urban slum dwellers in Southeast Nigeria
(7) Dr Aloysius Odii
Paper (Oral): Engaging community leaders to improve young people’s utilization of primary health centres for sexual and reproductive health care in Nigeria: lessons from action learning
(8) Onochie Eze
Paper (Oral): The hidden toll of colleague absenteeism: exploring its impact on health worker burnout and emotional wellbeing
Date/Venue: Friday, 14/3/2025, 10am, AD7, Kigali Convention Centre
(9) Iheomimichineke Ojiakor
Paper (Oral): How are health data and information generated and managed for addressing community health in Nigeria
Date/Venue: Friday, 14/3/2025, 2pm, AD10, Kigali Convention Centre
(10) Chinelo Obi
Paper (Oral): Integrating community-led health activities into Nigeria’s formal PHC system: a pathway to Universal Health Coverage
(11) Okechukwu Ozor
Paper (Oral): Strengthening the effectiveness of community health system: assessing the factors that enhance or constrain the delivery of health services within communities in Nigeria
(12) Dr Pamela Ogbozor
Paper (Oral): Rethinking accountability mechanisms as a means of strengthening governance in primary healthcare centres in Nigeria
Date/Venue: Thursday, 13/3/2025, 10:30am, AD10, Kigali Convention Centre
(13) Chinelo Obi
Paper (Poster): Protocol for developing quality adjusted life years for children
(14) Dr Abdulmuminu Isah
Paper (Oral): A context-specific protocol for developing a quality adjusted life year value set for Nigerian adult population
Date/Venue: Thursday, 13/3/2025, 11:30am, AD4, Kigali Convention Centre
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