The COVID-19 pandemic and health workforce brain drain in Nigeria.
Int J Equity Health
; 21(1): 174, 2022 Dec 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2268085
ABSTRACT
Over the years, the Nigerian healthcare workforce, including doctors, nurses, and pharmacists have always been known to emigrate to developed countries to practice. However, the recent dramatic increase in this trend is worrisome. There has been a mass emigration of Nigerian healthcare workers to developed countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the push factors have been found to include the inadequate provision of personal protective equipment, low monthly hazard allowance, and inconsistent payment of COVID-19 inducement allowance on top of worsening insecurity, the pull factors are higher salaries as well as a safe and healthy working environment. We also discuss how healthcare workers can be retained in Nigeria through increment in remunerations and prompt payment of allowances, and how the brain drain can be turned into a brain gain via the use of electronic data collection tools for Nigerian health workers abroad, implementation of the Bhagwati's tax system, and establishment of a global skill partnership with developed countries.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
Int J Equity Health
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S12939-022-01789-z
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