Organization and governance of the health system – Nigeria Health System and Services Profile
Chapter 2 of AHOP’s Nigeria Health Systems and Services Profile. Key messages Nigeria’s three-tier (primary, secondary and tertiary) health system structure is governed by the National Health Act (2014) and […]
Context – Nigeria Health System and Services Profile
Chapter 1 of AHOP’s Nigeria Health Systems and Services Profile
Nigeria Health Systems and Services Profile

This profile provides an in-depth examination of the organisation, financing, and delivery of health services in Nigeria.
Renforcement de la résilience des systèmes de santé : Enseignements tirés des stratégies de gouvernance de la pandémie de COVID-19 au Nigéria
Strengthening health system resilience: Lessons from Nigeria’s COVID-19 pandemic governance strategies
Synthèse: Renforcement de la résilience des systèmes de santé : enseignements tirés des stratégies de gouvernance de la pandémie de COVID-19 au Nigéria
Summary: Strengthening health system resilience: lessons from Nigeria’s COVID-19 pandemic governance strategies
Brain drain in Africa: bilateral agreements on health workforce migration and mobility

On 25 April 2024, the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, WHO Country Office for Nigeria, and the African Health Observatory – Platform on Health Systems and Policies (AHOP), hosted a policy dialogue on brain drain in Africa. Key stakeholders from across the Nigerian health sector, as well as academics and ministry officials from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Senegal attended to discuss the policy question: Can bilateral agreements and other collaborative strategies effectively manage health worker migration and mitigate shortages in the health workforce in African countries?