Comprehensive Report: Nigeria's Health Profile and Challenges

This report provides a comprehensive health profile of Nigeria, examining various aspects of the country's healthcare system and population health. It begins with an introduction highlighting Nigeria's healthcare infrastructure, including the number of hospitals, primary health care centers, and federal medical centers. The report then delves into key health indicators such as infant mortality, death rates, health expenditure, and life expectancy, comparing these figures to previous years and other nations. It also explores the economic outlook, including GDP, currency, and main exports, and analyzes the social factors impacting health concerns, such as fertility rates and national insurance policies. Furthermore, the report discusses the physician-to-patient ratio, medical tourism, the presence of diseases like Tuberculosis, Polio, and Malaria, and other relevant facts about the environment and culture of Nigeria. The conclusion summarizes the health challenges faced by Nigeria and the government's efforts to improve healthcare through insurance and health care plans. The report references several scholarly articles to support its findings, offering a well-rounded overview of Nigeria's health status.

COUNTRY HEALTHY PROFILE: NIGERIA
Introduction
Nigeria is the well known nation in Africa and
is 17th famous city in the whole world.
Healths organizations render health care in
chosen region are more than 33,303 hospitals,
20,278 primary health care centers and 59
federal medical centers & teaching hospital.
Economic outlook- The population of chosen
region was estimated to total 206 million
individuals. Agriculture contributed around
21.91% to Nigeria Gross domestic product,
49.73% from services industry and 27.38%
came from sector. The economy in this region
grows 2.27%. The GDO contracted by 6.1
percent in second quarter of current year.
Currency- Naira
Main exports of Nigeria- Chemicals,
petroleum products, aircraft parts, vegetables,
vehicles, processed food, spirits, leather,
tobacco, cashew nuts, aluminum alloys, etc are
the main exports of region.
Health Fact files continued
Infant death rate- It has been estimated that infant
mortality rate in chosen region was at more than 75.7%
Death rate- Recent Death ratio in region is 11.577
more than 2019.
Health expenditure- Government of Nigeria spends
on healthcare services and facilities more than 1.478
Billion..
Life expectancy- In Nigeria, life expectancy is 54.81
years that is increased from 2019. It is low as compare
to others nation, because a lot of health problems
Fertility rate- Current fertility rate in Nigeria is 5.281
births each women, it is less than last two years.
National insurance policies – NHIS is a form
corporate developed under law 35 in 1999 by federal
government. Along with this there are varied forms of
national health insurances schemes available within
Nigeria.
Patience to doctor ratio- Physician to patient ration is
4 doctors per 10,000 patients. It has been indentified
that this region is still far from suggestions of WHO on
needed number of medical personnel to provide
efficiently for teeming population.
Medical tourism- Nigeria government spends 9.01
billion on health care services outside from national
boundaries.
Presence of diseases- The region faced a lot of health
problems and challenged due to that. It include
Tuberculosis, Polio and Malaria.
Life expectancy- In Nigeria, life expectancy is 54.81
years that is increased from 2019. It is low as compare
to others nation, because a lot of health problems.
Other facts files about Nigeria-
Environment- The main source of
income in Nigeria is oil sector, which
caters more than 95% of foreign
exchange earnings and 80 percent of their
budgetary profits.
Culture- It has been analyzed that 50%
of Nigerians in Nigeria are Muslim, 40%
are Christian and 10% practice different
indigenous religious. Muslims is one of
the cultures that has been founded in all
areas of region, its strongest footholds are
among Yoruba and Hausa.
Conclusion-
From above discussion it has been
analyzed that due to Health issues
Nigerian face problems . In order to
improve the health of people
government a lot of benefits in term of
insurance and health care plans.
REFERENCES
Isiaka, M.A. and Egerue, C.J., 2019.
Accelerating economic growth through
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Muhammad, F., Abdulkareem, J.H. and
Chowdhury, A.A., 2017. Major public
health problems in Nigeria: a review. South
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pp.6-11.
Nolte, I and et.al., 2016. Research note:
Exploring survey data for historical and
anthropological research: Muslim–Christian
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Social factors impact on health concerns-
The ways of Nigerian people think, lack of
education, unequal access to health care and
poverty are the examples of social factors that
impact problems of local people and their
health concerns as well.