Enhancing Nigeria’s Health Security: Current Challenges and Solutions Exploring the Intersection of Academia and Global Health Security
Year: 2024
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Medical and disaster management scholars and professionals have long highlighted Nigeria's healthcare infrastructure and its challenges in supplying quality healthcare and responding to public health emergencies. With the population rising (Statista, 2023), climate change increasing, harsher weather conditions (Campbell, 2018), adverse economic conditions (Bangudu, 2012), political disruption, corruption, and violence (Abah, 2022; Campbell, 2020), and global epidemics and pandemics, the healthcare system in the country is facing multiple challenges. These challenges further exacerbate the existing strain, making it even more difficult to effectively respond to disasters and implement comprehensive risk management strategies (Abah, 2022; Obaseki, 2021). In this study, we target the question, "What can be done to enhance the resilience of the healthcare system in the face of these complex challenges?" By exploring how the US can manage global health emergencies and positively impact the West African region by optimizing Nigeria's health security through collaboration with academic medical institutions (AMIs), this research aims to provide strategic insight and recommendations for policymakers and stakeholders to strengthen healthcare systems in the context of health security, ultimately improving disaster response and risk management strategies in the US and worldwide. By leveraging the expertise and resources of AMIs, we can create a more resilient healthcare system that is better equipped to address global health emergencies and partner with countries like Nigeria to enhance their health security.
Author: Soniregun, ErinAyo
Language: English
Subfield: Emergency Medical Services
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7056047244