26 April 2020 – Government to begin constructing 88 hospitals in districts without hospitals

Type of Intervention: Specific Action
Sectors Involved: Health
Intervention Categories: Finance policy and financial aid; Financial aid to health services
Level of Jurisdiction: National
Lead People/Agency: The Government

Overview: Government to soon begin construction of eighty-eight (88) district hospitals to be completed in 2021
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Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group
Source of Evidence or Justification: National – government
Evidence/Justification: The onset of COVID 19 has prompted the need to expand infrastructure in the
Health Sector. The country created six (6) new regions last year which don’t have regional hospitals Also we do not have enough testing and isolation centres for diseases like COVD-19 nationwide. COVID 19 has created the urgency