Healthcare and Economic Restructuring

This book explores the intersection between healthcare delivery and national economic health, using Nigeria as case study and window into the world. Specifically, the issue this book tackles revolves around how to repair Nigeria's dysfunctional healthcare system through the medium of a healthier economy that provides sufficient revenue to meet the healthcare needs of citizens.

Proposes new solutions to improve healthcare delivery in Nigeria Explores how Nigeria can achieve prosperity through economic restructure Offers an original contribution to the fields of comparative healthcare studies and comparative human rights studies

Autorentext

Philip C. Aka is professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Law at the International University of Sarajevo. In spring 2020, Aka was a visiting professor at the Southern Illinois University School of Law, USA. He is the author of the award-winning book Human Rights in Nigeria's External Relations: Building the Record of a Moral Superpower (2017). Joseph Abiodun Balogun is retired Distinguished Professor and former Dean, College of Health Sciences, Chicago State University. Dr. Balogun is a Visiting Professor and Program Consultant at the Center of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation, University of Benin, Nigeria. His most recent publications include The Nigerian Healthcare System: Pathway to Universal and High-Quality Healthcare (Springer Nature, 2022); Health Professions in Nigeria: An Interdisciplinary Analysis (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021); and Healthcare Education in Nigeria: Evolutions and Emerging Paradigms (2020).

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Primer on Nigeria, Giant of Africa.- 3. Features of Nigeria's Healthcare System.- 4. Restructuring the Nigerian Economy to Generate Revenue for Healthcare Funding.- 5. Influence of Politics on Healthcare in Nigeria.- 6. Conclusion.