ODIRI UCHENUNU-IBEH, in this report, examines some events that defined the Nigerian health sector in 2018 Like many other reports, the Healthcare Access and Quality Index, published in the 18th edition of the medical journal, The Lancet, placed Nigeria in the 140th position, lagging far behind many other African nations. Stakeholders have however attributed the […]
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