UK commits £2 million to strengthen health workforce in Nigeria
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The World Health Organization welcomes a new funding commitment made by the United Kingdom’s Department of Health and Social Care to support Nigeria in strengthening her health workforce in the vision of achieving Universal Health Coverage The grant amounting to £2 will cover two years period to support the government of Nigeria to optimize the performance, quality, and impact of the health workforce through evidence-informed policies and strategies.
UK halts active recruitment of health workers from Nigeria to combat brain drain crisis | Africanews
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The United Kingdom government has announced its decision to halt the recruitment of health workers from Nigeria, placing the country on the red list of nations not to be targeted for recruitment.
Health worker shortage in Global South cannot be resolved by tepid mechanisms and bans : Peoples Dispatch
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Nigeria’s House of Representatives is considering a bill which would block young physicians from emigrating right after university. The proposal points to the widespread problem of mass emigration of health workers from the Global South
PharmaJet, Nigeria's National Primary Health Care Development Agency and Health-focused Consortium Launch Assessment of the PharmaJet Tropis Vaccine Delivery System
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Study to assess the impact of PharmaJet's Needle-free Vaccine Delivery System on Nigeria's routine immunization program.
Many talented young Nigerians are leaving. Halting the exodus will be a task for the next president | CNN
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"May Nigeria not happen to you," is a common prayer in Africa's most populous nation. It is a heartfelt wish born out of the frustration of living in a country so dysfunctional that even wealth cannot insulate you. So those who can leave, leave.