Childhood cancer costs Nigerian parents N2.5m in absence of insurance

LAPO spends N69.1m on cancer treatment in two years

Without coverage of a government-backed insurance, Nigerian parents with a child suffering cancer need a minimum of N2.5 million to manage the deadly disease, while facing a pile of out-of-pocket non-medical expenses in the course of treatment, BusinessDay findings show. The N2.5-million estimation

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