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Care Workforce Development and Protection
Recognition, certification, training, and labour protection for the people who deliver care.
CareConference2026
Care as Infrastructure
Building a National Position on Home Care for Nigeria
Organised by The Purple Global Mission
How do we build a care system that works for everyone?
Nigeria's health system cannot achieve lasting impact without recognising the systems, people, policies and resources that make care possible beyond the hospital.
The Care Conference 2026 brings together policymakers, healthcare leaders, clinicians, caregivers, innovators, researchers, investors and community advocates to shape a national position on home care and establish care as a critical part of Nigeria's health infrastructure.
- Date
- 19 November 2026
- Time
- 8:00 AM – 5:45 PM
- Venue
- IALA Hub, The Chair Centre, Lagos
Countdown to the Conference
19 November 2026
8:00 AM – 5:45 PM · IALA Hub, The Chair Centre, Lagos
08Days
02Hours
39Min
10Sec
Why Care, Why Now?
The Future of Healthcare Is Also the Future of Care.
Nigeria's healthcare challenges cannot be solved by hospitals alone.
People need support before they reach hospitals, after they leave hospitals and throughout the long periods when they live with chronic conditions, disability, ageing and recovery. Care connects all of these moments.
The question is no longer whether care is essential. The question is whether we are ready to build the infrastructure to support it.
The Case
What the numbers say, and what they cannot yet say
Recovery does not end at the hospital gate. Home healthcare, the managed transition from hospital to home, and the continuity that reduces avoidable readmissions are carried today by families, largely alone and largely uncounted.
~71%
of Nigeria's health spending is out of pocket
WHO Global Health Expenditure Database, 2023
10 to 13%
of the population is covered by health insurance
FMOH&SW, February 2026
~29%
of deaths in Nigeria are from noncommunicable diseases, the conditions that most demand continuing care at home
WHO NCD Country Profile, Nigeria
6m to 16m
Nigerians aged 65 and above, approximately, between 2020 and 2050
UN World Population Prospects
The concept: care as infrastructure
Care as infrastructure is a health system position. It holds that home healthcare is a load bearing layer of the health system, and that it must be built the way any national infrastructure is built: with clinical, coordination, digital, workforce, and financing systems that determine whether recognised, funded care is actually safe, continuous, and accountable at national scale.
A register of who provides care is not a record of what care is delivered.
Three documented gaps anchor the case
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No publicly accessible national home care dataset.
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No consolidated public register of home care providers.
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Telemedicine operating without a dedicated regulatory framework.
About the Conference
Building the Future of Care in Nigeria
The Care Conference is a national platform for dialogue, collaboration and action around the future of care in Nigeria. The 2026 edition focuses on one critical idea: Care as Infrastructure.
Care is often treated as an informal responsibility carried by families, communities and individual healthcare workers. Yet it is fundamental to how health systems function. From supporting older people and people living with disabilities to helping patients transition from hospital to home, care affects health outcomes, families, productivity and the wider economy.
This year's conference will bring diverse stakeholders together to examine the systems required to make care visible, measurable, fundable and sustainable.
Our 2026 Objective
To develop a Nigerian National Position on Care as Infrastructure, which will be refined through the conference and advanced through engagement with national policymakers and the National Assembly.
You Cannot Finance Care You Cannot Count.
Care happens everywhere. At home. In communities. In hospitals. In workplaces. Within families. Yet much of this work remains invisible in national systems, data and financing structures.
What would change if Nigeria recognised care as essential infrastructure?
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Recognised within national policy
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Properly measured and documented
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Supported by digital infrastructure
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Delivered through trained and protected workers
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Integrated across hospitals, homes and communities
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Supported through sustainable financing
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Included within broader health-system planning
The Five Policy Layers
A National Framework for Care
The conference explores five interconnected areas that must work together to build a sustainable care ecosystem.
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Clinical Governance and Quality Assurance
What safe care at home requires: standards, oversight, and accountability beyond the facility walls.
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Care Coordination and Continuity of Care
The managed journey from hospital bed to home, and the continuity that reduces avoidable readmissions.
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Digital Health Infrastructure and Care Data Systems
The data layer beneath every financing decision: national datasets, care records, and interoperability.
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Care Financing, Policy and Regulatory Architecture
Benefit design, pooled financing, and the legislative pathway from out of pocket spending to structured financing.
The Load-Bearing Layer
Every layer depends on the one beneath it.
Explore the policy sessionsWho Should Attend
One Room.
Many Perspectives. One Conversation.
The Care Conference brings together the people shaping healthcare, policy, technology and communities.
Policymakers & Government
Government officials, regulators and public-sector leaders shaping national health policy.
Healthcare Leaders
Hospital executives, clinical leaders and health-system decision makers.
Health Professionals
Doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and other practitioners involved in care delivery.
Care Providers & Caregivers
Homecare organisations, professional caregivers, family caregivers and community-based providers.
Technology & Innovation
Digital health founders, technology companies, product teams and innovators developing the future of care.
Investors & Funders
Investors, development partners, donors and strategic funders interested in healthcare and social infrastructure.
Researchers & Academia
Researchers, academics and institutions generating evidence for better care systems.
Insurers & HMOs
Health financing organisations working to expand sustainable access to care.
Civil Society & Communities
Community leaders, advocates and organisations working to improve health and social outcomes.
What You Will Take Away
More Than a Conference
Your participation gives you an opportunity to:
Shape Policy
Contribute directly to conversations informing a national position on care.
Learn
Explore global and local approaches to integrated, home and community-based care.
Connect
Build relationships with policymakers, healthcare leaders, innovators, investors and care providers.
Discover
Explore new technologies, organisations and approaches transforming care delivery.
Contribute
Be part of the movement toward Universal Health Coverage and stronger health systems.
Build Partnerships
Find opportunities for collaboration across policy, healthcare, technology, research and community development.
Featured Speakers
Meet the Voices Shaping Care
Abiola Hakeemat Etti-Ayilara
Convener, Care Conference. Founder, The Purple Global Mission
Dr. 'Bosun Tijani
Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Dr Obiageli Obi Ezekwesili
Special Guest of Honour and Chair, The Homecare Framework - Care as Infrastructure for Everyday Life
Hon. Medinat Omobolanle Akinyemi-Obe
Director General, National Senior Citizens Centre
Alhaji Dr. Ndagi Alhassan
Registrar, Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria
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Prof. Akin Abayomi
Honourable Commissioner for Health, Lagos State
22 speakers and special guests confirmed.
Keynote speakers, special guests and session leaders confirmed for 19 November 2026 — with bios and portraits added as they arrive.
Pitch & Demo Room
Pitch at The Care Conference 2026
Eight selected founders building solutions that help Nigerians receive safe care at home will pitch for five minutes to a panel of investors, followed by three minutes of questions. The audience includes institutional and investment stakeholders from across the health system.
Pitch. Demo. Connect.
Applying is free. Pitching is free. Take the applications form: it takes about 15 minutes, and you will need your pitch deck ready.
Apply to PitchCareSouk
Discover the Care Ecosystem
CareSouk provides a space for organisations, innovators and solution providers to showcase products, services and ideas contributing to the future of care.
Discover. Connect. Collaborate.
Explore CareSoukThe Venue
IALA Hub at The Chair Centre, Lagos
A serious civic setting for shaping Nigeria's national position on home care in one focused day.
- Address
- IALA Hub, The Chair Centre
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Date
- 19 November 2026
- Time
- 8:00 AM – 5:45 PM
- Capacity
- Seats are assigned first come first served against room capacity and confirmed by email before the day.
From Past Editions
Moments from Previous Care Conferences
A look back at the energy, conversations and quiet work from earlier editions of the Care Conference.
Call to Action
Be Part of the National Conversation
The future of care in Nigeria will be shaped by the people willing to participate in the conversation today. Join policymakers, healthcare professionals, caregivers, innovators, researchers, investors and community leaders at the Care Conference 2026.
Care as Infrastructure. Building a National Position on Home Care for Nigeria.
19 November 2026 | Lagos