Healthcare delivery in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation is driven by several interwoven factors. In this article insights on three of the key factors are discussed namely: Health facilities, Health workers and Healthcare funding

1. Health Facilities

There are about 42,000 hospitals and clinics spread across the 36 states of Nigeria and Abuja the Federal Capital Territory collectively serving a population of 200 million. There are thousands of other health facilities including medical laboratories, diagnostic centers and pharmacies.
While in some cases there is a correlation between the population of a state and the number of health facilities in the state, there are several cases where the two factors do not correlate according to the health insight suggesting the existence of widespread health inequality.

For instance while Kano, Lagos, Katsina, Kaduna and Bauchi are the five most populous states, only two: Lagos and Katsina are among the five states with the highest number of hospitals and clinics. Borno and Zamfara which are two states with high population have relatively fewer number of health facilities.

According to this Nigerian Healthcare Insights with the exception of Lagos and Abuja FCT, all states have more public health facilities than private ones.

For the rest of the article and the charts used for the analysis, go to https://resources.mymedicalbank.com/nigerian-healthcare-insights/