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 Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:41 am Post subject: HEALTHCARE IN NIGERIA / NIGERIA HOSPITAL GUIDE |
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HEALTHCARE IN NIGERIA
GENERAL
Nigeria's healthcare delivery system consists of a network of primary, secondary and tertiary facilities. As of 1992, primary care was largely provided through approximately 4,000 health clinics and dispensaries scattered throughout the country. As for secondary care, there were about 700 health care centres and 1,670 maternity centres; tertiary care was handled through 12 university teaching hospitals with about 6,500 beds. As of 1999, there were an estimated 0.2 physicians and 1.7 hospital beds per 1,000 people. The target areas for mass procurement of medical equipment are the teaching hospitals. The lack of proper facilities and inadequate remuneration of public sector healthcare workers have also spurred the development of a limited number of privately-owned hospitals which cater to those who can afford them. The country is in need of medical supplies and equipment. Some pharmaceuticals are manufactured in Nigeria. In 2000, 57% of the population had access to safe drinking water and 63% had adequate sanitation. As of 1999, total healthcare expenditure was estimated at 2.8% of GDP.
Despite the receding influence of such endemic diseases as yellow fever, health problems in Nigeria remain acute. Malaria and tuberculosis are the diseases of most frequent incidence, but serious outbreaks of cerebrospinal meningitis still occur in the north. Just under half of all deaths are thought to be among children, who are especially vulnerable to malaria and account for 75% of registered malaria deaths. The prevalence of child malnutrition for children under age five as of 1999 was 46%. Goiter was present in 20% of all school-age children in 1996. Nigeria had the highest number of measles cases reported in 1995 of all African nations (95,915 cases and 12,393 deaths). In 1995, diarrheal diseases claimed 204,400 lives. As of 2000, almost 15% of all Nigerian children did not live to their fifth birthday. Malaria and diarrheal diseases accounted for, respectively, 30% and 20% of childhood mortality. Immunisation rates for 1997 for children up to one year old were as follows: tuberculosis, 53%; diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus, 45%; polio, 45%; and measles, 69%. Only 1% of children were immunised for yellow fever in 1993.
Schistosomiasis, guinea worm (19,766 cases in 1995), trachoma, river blindness, and yaws are other diseases of high frequency. Progress has been made in the treatment of sleeping sickness (trypanosomiasis) and leprosy. The former has been nearly eliminated by the introduction of new drugs, while the introduction of sulfone therapy has nearly halted the incidence of new cases of leprosy in the eastern states. A program for the eradication of river blindness and malaria has been undertaken in cooperation with The World Health Organisation. The government is also working on the control of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, through public education and behaviour change.
HIV/AIDS has reached epidemic levels in Nigeria. At the end of 2001, the number of people living with HIV/AIDS was estimated at 3.5 million (including 5.8% of the adult population) and deaths from AIDS that year were estimated at 170,000. HIV prevalence in 1999 was 5.1 per 100 adults.
Only 15% of married women used contraceptives in 2000. The fertility rate in 2000 was 5.3 children per woman surviving her childbearing years. The life expectancy for the Nigerian was only 47 years in 2000. As of 2002, the crude birth rate and overall mortality rate were estimated at, respectively, 39.2 and 14.1 per 1,000 people.
DIRECTORY OF HOSPITALS & CLINICS
Estee Medical Centre
No. 3 Omerelu Street
(Behind Presidential)
Port Harcourt
Nigeria
Tel: +234 84 572 637
International Medical Clinic
c/o Rivon Clinic
Plot C/1 - Rumuogba
Port Harcourt
7581
Rivers State
Nigeria
Tel: +234 84 239 052
Parklande Specialist Hospital
13 Razaq Baloqun Street
off Adebola Street/Adeniran Ogunsanya
Surulere
Lagos
Nigeria
Tel: +234 1 471 4390
Fax: +234 1 587 6213
Website:
Reddington Hospital
(formerly Heritage Hospital & Cardiac Centre)
12 Idowu Martins Street (Near Mega Plaza Shopping Mall)
Victoria Island
Lagos
Nigeria
Tel: +234 1 262 1234
Fax: +234 1 261 0445
Roding Medical Centre
29B Olabode George Street
Off Ajose Adeogun Street
Victoria Island
Lagos
Nigeria
Tel: +234 1 262 6170
Fax: +234 1 270 3628
Website:
St. Nicholas Hospital
57 Campbell Street
Lagos Island
Lagos
Nigeria
Tel: +234 1 260 0070
Fax: +234 1 263 3915
Tocaro Emergency Medical Services
Plot 1618
Danmole Street
Victoria Island
Lagos
Nigeria
Tel: +234 1 262 4331
Fax: +234 1 262 4331 |
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