One
of the indices used to assess the living standard of any country is the
quality of its healthcare system. According to WHO, Nigeria health care
system currently ranks 187 out of 190 World healthcare systems.
Over
the last decade, Nigeria health sector has experienced lot of changes.
However, here are some facts you probably don’t know about Nigeria
Healthcare sector.
1. Nigeria allocates less than 6% of its annual budget to the health sector.
Contrary to the “Abuja Declaration”
in year 2000 under which African leaders pledged to commit at least 15
percent of their annual budgets to improving their health sector.
Nigeria’s budget on health over the last decade has been less than 6% of
total budget. The highest percentage was in 2012 when 5.95% of the
budget was allotted to health.
Years after the Abuja Declaration,
only Tanzania reached this target. Twenty-six (26) countries in Africa
had increased the proportion of government expenditures allocated to
health and eleven (11) had reduced it.
2. Nigeria has five (5) hospital beds per 10,000 population.
According to a 2015 BMI report, there were an estimated 3,534 hospitals in 2014, of which 950 were in the public sector.
These include 54 federal tertiary hospitals comprising 20 teaching
hospitals, 22 federal medical centers, 3 national orthopedic hospitals,
the National Eye Centre, the National ENT Centre and 7 psychiatric
hospitals, which are overseen by the Hospital Services Department of the
Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH).
3.
According to WHO statistics, the average life expectancy at birth in
Nigeria is 55 years and 56 years for male and female respectively.
Monaco,
the second smallest country in the world boasts of the highest life
expectancy, with citizens living an average of 89.4 years closely
followed by Japan, Singapore and Macau.
4. Patient- Doctor ratio in Nigeria currently stands at 5,500 to 1
The current global recommendation is one doctor to 600 population. A poll citing the Medical and
Dental Council of
Nigeria (MDCN), reported that there are about 72,000
nationally-registered Nigerian doctors, with only 35,000 practising
in the country.
It has been estimated that at least 12 Nigerian doctors leave the shores of this country for greener pastures every week.
5. Nigeria spends over $1bn annually on medical tourism 
Generally, 47% of outbound medical tourism in Nigeria go to India amounting to about $260 million yearly. Other major destinations include South Africa and USA
6. Bayelsa State has the largest Health Insurance scheme coverage in Nigeria
In
Nigeria, payment for medical bill is largely out of pocket with less
than 5% of Nigerians having a health insurance coverage.
Bayelsa
Health Insurance Scheme (BHIS) currently covers over 110,000 public
sector enrolees. Advocacy is also going on to bring in private sector
participation.
7. A Doctor earn an average salary of 150,000 - 250,000 per month.
In a survey carried out by MySalaryScale.com in
2017, salary data for different professions were gathered all across
Nigeria. It was gathered that a medical doctor earns an average salary
of N250,000 per month, while a nurse earn an average of N100,000 -
150,000 per month
Australia, Netherlands and Belgium top the list of countries with the highest pay for health workers.
Healthcare
worker in most developing countries are poorly paid compared to their
counter-part in the rest of the world. However, Healthcare workers in
Cuba are arguably the least paid in the world.
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