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Nigerian government to decisively tackle corruption and invest in basic infrastructure has also been identified. Nigeria should also actively take advantage of the massive youth population and severe as an incubator for manpower, industry and technology development. It was also suggested that the government should strengthen policies and programs which are aimed at actively managing human capital migration from Nigeria by interacting with foreign partners. In May 2018, Canada expressed interest in working together with Nigeria in order to assist the Nigerian government in curbing unchecked migration. In an attempt to restrict the recruitment of foreign healthcare workers, the United Kingdom introduced a new policy in February 2021.
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Nigeria is one of such countries which have lost more than $ 2bn since 2010 to training doctors who later migrate. Countries such as the UK the because 10% of doctors working in the UK come from
African nations, saving the UK about $ 2.7bn by recruiting these doctors. Over half of the doctors registered with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) practice outside Nigeria. The doctor patient ratio is 1 doctor per 5,000 people as against the WHO recommended 1 per 600 people. Asides the United Kingdom, countries such as the United States, Canada,
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Nigeria are supported by government subvention. This is an investment which becomes beneficial to their host countries. According to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, It costs an African country between $ 21,000 and $ 51,000 to train a single medical doctor.
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By mid 1980s, medical teachers started leaving for the West and the Middle East. The young doctors they taught also left for
Western postgraduate education. The economic downturn which occurred in the late 80's made workers particularly in the healthcare sector to seek greener pastures at all costs.
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Medical doctors have identified poor working conditions and low remuneration as reasons for emigrating to nations with better working environment such as the UK, US and Canada, mostly, remuneration, opportunities for career progression and an overall improved quality of life. Paucity of healthcare
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Another survey identified push factors including the desire for better life which was said to be the most important factor for seeking greener pasture. Pull factors including better working conditions was also considered as a very important reason for migration. Similar findings were noted in the
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There are no government policies to proactively address the decimation of higher education in
Nigeria. Some solutions that have however been proffered to the protracted problem of brain drain including good leadership, mass employment, better salary and working conditions as well as a system for
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Nigerians which has been occurring in waves since the late 1980s to early 1990s. This trend was initially restricted to certain professions but has now become free for all with the introduction of visa programs in order to fill workforce gaps in developed nations. This was sparked by an economic
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African countries with the worst indices for health. with the second highest number of people living with HIV and the highest number of malaria-related deaths. Although maternal mortality rate has declined steadily since 1990, it still lags behind other nations.
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Nigerian students have interests in travelling to developed societies after completion of their study. Other causes of brain drain identified include:
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