Brain drain

The Nigerian Medical Association, Lagos State branch, has urged the Federal Government to prioritise the implementation of the National Health Insurance Authority as a first step to improve the current economic crisis in the country.…

Resident Doctors at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Awka, have called on governments at all levels to take deliberate steps to address the plague of brain drain in the medical service delivery. READ…

An Oncologist, Dr Temitope Olatunji-Agunbiade, has appealed to the Federal Government to train more oncologists to improve cancer management in the country. READ ALSO:Brain Drain: Lagos to Recruit Health Professionals into PHCs…

The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, has said the Federal Government would strengthen the workforce and reduce brain drain in the health sector. READ ALSO: NMA moves against medical tourism, brain drain in Nigeria…

The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) branch, has decried the rising cases of brain drain of nurses in the healthcare sector. Mrs Victoria Samson, Chairman, NANNM, JUTH…

The Lagos State Primary Health Care Board (LSPHCB) Permanent Secretary, Dr Ibrahim Mustafa in an interview on Tuesday, in Lagos says the board will recruit more healthcare professionals and rehabilitate more facilities to increase citizen’s…

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has urged the Federal Government to implement the one-for-one replacement policy to address the impact of the unending brain drain in the health sector. The one-for-one replacement policy is to ensure…

In an effort to curb the increasing health workforce brain drain in Nigeria the Former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has called on the Nigerian Government to establish a National Health Service Scheme to engage newly…

The Nigerian Union of Allied Health ProfeBssionals (NUAHP) has appealed to the Federal Government to address brain drain in the health sector. The NUAHP National President, Dr Chimela Ogbonna, made the appeal in an interview with the…

The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has suspended its planned nationwide strike by three months following an appeal by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Services, Muhammad Pate. The decision was…