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Nigeria: UK Restricts Recruitment of Health Workers From Nigeria, Other Countries
Premium Times, 10 April 2023
With 11,055 Nigerian-trained doctors in the UK, Nigeria currently has the third-highest number of foreign doctors working in the UK, following India and Pakistan. Read more »
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Nigeria: Concerns As More Medical Practitioners Leave Nigeria
Leadership, 10 April 2023
While Nigeria's population is expanding geometrically, the health care workforce is shrinking drastically, as doctors to patient ratio in the country drops to 1:10,000 as against… Read more »
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Vanguard, 10 April 2023
The United Kingdom has put Nigeria on the red list of countries that should not be actively considered for recruitment by health and social care employers. Read more »
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Nigeria: Doctors Reject Move to Clampdown On Migration of Medical Professionals
This Day, 10 April 2023
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, (MDCAN) has opposed the bill seeking to compel newly trained doctors to work for five years in the country before being… Read more »
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Nigeria: Authorities Crack Down On 'Quack Doctors'
DW, 4 January 2023
Authorities in Kano state in northwestern Nigeria, are worried that a surge in 'fake' doctors has led to deaths and crippled the health sector. Security agencies are now cracking… Read more »
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Nigeria: Brain Drain - dRPC, Experts, Others Discuss Implications On Nigeria's Health Sector
Premium Times, 2 March 2023
"The event will bring together policymakers and implementers alongside health professional associations and council executives, who are critical stakeholders in the health systems… Read more »
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Nigeria: Brain Drain, Ghost Doctors and the Misfortune of Healthcare in Nigeria
Daily Trust, 17 February 2023
Nigeria's healthcare system has been plagued by brain drain which translates into a very poor doctor-patient ratio. Recently, it was reported that the UK licensed 91 Nigerian… Read more »