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Care Workforce Development and Protection
Recognition, certification, training, and labour protection for the people who deliver care.
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 and within families. Yet much of this work remains invisible in national systems, data and financing structures.
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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
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.