RE: The financial impact of health in Nigeria today: fate of the common man and way forward
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I can't speak for Nigeria as my knowledge there is very slim. Indeed if you wonder about the #earnspendgive community I've been using it to gather what knowledge I can so I'm not totally ignorant...but it is certainly not enough.
However, I do know about the Philippines. Do you know what the main Filipino export is?
Nurse
Now you may think that I"m joking but I'm not. Remittance back home from OFW (Overseas Filipino Workers) is the third largest source of income for the Filipino economy.
Imagine just for a moment if you sent one Doctor to Canada to work as an Opthalmologist. Imagine that he (or she) is indeed making 1.4 Billion Naira yearly. Imagine that they take what they need to live a quiet, comfortable life in Canada (200 Million Naira yearly). Then they send back 1.2 Billion Naira every year to train and support other doctors.
I know human nature and I really doubt that would ever happen..
... but just imagine the change it could make if it did?
Anyways, still working on my agriculture post...but I did refind your article :)
Thank you very much. What if.... But it is as we see it.... Such monies would take other paths rather than build more doctors.
Thank you
I know.
.... What if?
In Canada we lose Doctors to the USA and then lament the shortage. Our wages are good but theirs are better.
In some parts of Canada (like Sasatchewan) they make Doctors sign a service agreement to local communities when they start medical school. They pay significant fees to go to school but all of those fees are refunded one they perform a number of years working in the province. In fact the "work in province" is compulsory for acceptance for a number of years (4 I think but I don't live there). It's not a perfect solution but better than nothing.