Healthcare system in Nigeria keeps worsening-Here is the number of people who die everyday

desmond frimpong 10:06 - 18 September 2017

Majority of the deaths were being recorded in the northern part of the country.

Nigeria’s Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Dr Faisal Shuaib says the country records not less than 3,000 women and children under five years die every day.

This he attributes to lack of access to healthcare.

Dr Shuaib disclosed this information when the Nasarawa State in Nigeria signed an agreement with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a $ 500,000 grant to strengthen the primary health care (PHC) system in the state.

According to local news agency; The Nation, he appealed to the three tiers of government and all stakeholders to take necessary steps to healthcare accessible to the poor and the vulnerable in rural communities across the country.

Shuaib lauded the Nasarawa State Government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the partnership, saying it would make a huge difference in health care delivery to the people in the state.

“As we begin to increase the number of functional health facilities and provide access to basic care for our people, we will gradually be stopping our women and children from dying needless deaths,” Shuaib said.

The Nigerian health system has over the years been characterized by increasing morbidity and mortality despite investments and training of specialists within the health care system.

This is further worsened by the loss of confidence by patients with the attendant increase in medical tourism outside the country.