See: https://www.devex.com/news/nigeria-s-doctors-are-leaving-in-droves-93837 <https://www.devex.com/news/nigeria-s-doctors-are-leaving-in-droves-93837Nigeria%27s%20doctors%20are%20leaving%20in%20droves> You may have to join Devex (free) to read the full article. If you have trouble email me <[log in to unmask]> and I will get a copy of the article to you. We under invest and use market forces to appropriate their investment in health care capacity. Nigeria's doctors are leaving in droves <https://www.devex.com/news/nigeria-s-doctors-are-leaving-in-droves-93837Nigeria%27s%20doctors%20are%20leaving%20in%20droves> /By Paul Adepoju <https://www.devex.com/news/authors/1400844> // 20 November 2018/ Doctors walk past women with lying in a ward of the Lagos Island Maternity Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. Photo by: Sunday Alamba / The Commonwealth <https://www.flickr.com/photos/comsec/22777720889> / CC BY-NC <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/> ABUJA, Nigeria â Each week, at least 12 Nigerian doctors <https://www.icirnigeria.org/at-least-12-nigerian-doctors-employed-in-the-uk-every-week-report-reveals/> are employed in the United Kingdom. More than 4,000 are already practicing in the United States, while Canada continues to attract medical professionals from Africaâs most populous nation. But there are no full-time specialists at most Nigerian public hospitals. They are largely staffed by retired nurses, community health officers, and new doctors with little clinical experience. More than half of the doctors remaining in Nigeria work in a handful of major cities. (/*clink on link for rest of article*/) See: https://www.devex.com/news/nigeria-s-doctors-are-leaving-in-droves-93837 <https://www.devex.com/news/nigeria-s-doctors-are-leaving-in-droves-93837Nigeria%27s%20doctors%20are%20leaving%20in%20droves> Posted by: Sam Lanfranco Access CANCHID archives at: https://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/canchid.html . CANCHID is a constituency service to the Global Health Community and is managed by Prof. Emeritus Sam Lanfranco <[log in to unmask]>