Japa: Why Nigerian Doctors Keep Boarding Planes
Nigeria has fewer than 25,000 practising doctors. For a population of over 200 million people.
The World Health Organization recommends one doctor for every 600 people. Nigeria's ratio is closer to one doctor for every 9,000 - a gap of more than 15x.
This is Japa.
In this episode of Vital Signs Unfiltered, we investigate the silent emptying of Nigeria's hospitals - the mass migration of doctors, nurses, and pharmacists for the UK, Canada, the US, and the Gulf. We unpack why they're leaving, what it costs the patients left behind, and the painful irony that Nigeria pays to train these…
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