Brain Drain: dRPC, Experts, Others Discuss Implications on Nigeria’s Health Sector
The development Research and Project Centre (dRPC) in collaboration with the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) is holding a symposium to discuss recent brain drain in Nigeria’s health sector and its implications on health service delivery.
The high-level symposium themed “Nigeria’s health sector brain drain and its implications for sustainable child and family health service delivery and financing in the context of new national priorities” is taking place in Abuja.
The event will bring together policymakers and implementers alongside health professional associations and council executives, who are critical stakeholders in the health systems strengthening process.
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The high-level symposium will focus on discussing current figures related to the health sector’s human capital loss to migration at National and sub-national levels.The organisers said this is timely as the country’s health sector is facing financing and human resource gap.
It said the challenges in the sector is leading to continuous migration trend of health workers to other countries in search of better work conditions.
The symposium will also explore the implications of brain drain for new national health priorities for maternal and family planning services and identify strategies and mechanisms for sustainable financing as part of wider search for immediate solutions.
