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NIGERIAN NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY; PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
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HEALTHCARE MODULE COURSEWORK BY DR NISSER ALI UMAR (MPH STUDENT) NIGERIAN NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY; PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS INTRODUCTION Nigeria is situated in West Africa. It borders the Gulf of Guinea and lies between Benin and Cameroon. It is also bordered by Chad and Niger (1).The country has a federal government structure, 36 state governments, 750 local governments and Abuja as federal capital territory (2). Demography of Nigeria. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with the population of about 124 million and an annual growth rate of 2.8% . It's a predominantly a young population with median age of 17.4, age dependency ration of 93 per 100 and economic dependency ration of 259 per 100 workers (3). The life expectancy at birth has dropped over years from 53.8 years (females) and 52.6 (males) in 1991 to 48.2(females) and 46.8 (males) in 2000 and 41.3 in males and 41.8 in females by 2003 (3)...
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