Nigeria, June 4 -- Two years into President Bola Tinubu's tenure, Nigeria's health sector remains fragile, swamped with various interventions, yet still burdened by old challenges.

Despite campaign promises of reforms and some execution, the country continues to grapple with underfunding, inadequate infrastructure, workforce shortages, recurring disease outbreaks, electricity crises in hospitals, and limited access to healthcare services.

In his Renewed Hope manifesto, Mr Tinubu laid out an ambitious vision for the sector, centred on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and strengthening the systems.

He pledged to expand insurance coverage to at least 40 per cent of the population within two years, scale up the National Health Insurance Aut...