The dearth of data is a critical challenge holding Nigeria back from reforming or leading in the delivery of quality and accessible healthcare, Brian Deaver, chief executive officer of the Afreximbank-backed African Medical Centre for Excellence (AMCE), has said.
Speaking at the BusinessDay Health Conference in Abuja, Deaver expressed concern that data has remained one of the most underutilised tools in Nigeria and Africa, stressing that “we cannot improve what we do not measure.”
“We cannot scale what we cannot track. And we cannot respond if we cannot predict. Data is not paperwork.
It is power. If we want to truly lead, we must embrace one of the most underutilised tools in African healthcare. And that is data”, he added.