The President, National Medical Association, Bala Audu, has again, lamented the level of brain drain among health professionals in Nigeria. Audu called on governments at all levels to ensure the uniform implementation of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure. He made this lamentation during a press conference in commemoration of the 2024 National Physicians’ Week with the theme, “Ensuring Universal Applicability …

With a surge in emigration of Nigerian doctors seeking better opportunities abroad, increasing healthcare costs and limited access to affordable services, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has emphasised the need for governmental intervention and policy reform. NMA president Prof. Bala Audu, who stated this at a press briefing in Abuja, highlighted the critical role of adequate funding in maintaining quality …

The African Export–Import Bank has signed a $1 billion partnership agreement with the Federal Government to support the development of Nigeria’s healthcare sector under the Presidential Initiative for Unlocking Healthcare Value Chains. Also, the Africa Finance Corporation is to invest $40 million towards the construction of the African Medical Centre of Excellence Abuja hospital. Speaking at the 2024 AMCE African …

The Federal Government has put in place plans and strategies to double the population of medical and dental doctors from 5,000 to 10,000 starting from the next academic year by increasing admissions into medical and dental institutions. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Tunji Alausa, on Wednesday at the induction ceremony of …

Nigeria will require 12,000 doctors annually, while it will take at least 25 years to have the target of over 300,000 doctors to tackle the country’s health challenges, according to two major associations in the health sector. While Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) said that Nigeria will need 12,000 doctors annually to adequately address health problems in …

Some things are happening in Nigeria now that we seem to ignore because of the frenzy and euphoria of political activities around us. The country is probably experiencing one of the worst brain-drain in its history, yet it seems nothing is amiss. As usual, our leaders are not alarmed and the citizenry themselves appear unbothered by the humongous problem. The …

Nigeria has a ratio of one doctor to 5,000 patients as against one to 600, which the World Health Organisation recommends. According the Nigerian Medical Association, who announced these figures during its annual lecture on Monday, there is a deficit of 315,426 medical doctors to cater to the health needs of 215,266,984 people. The latest United Nations population data peg …