Feasibility Of Attaining Health For All By The Year 2010 In Nigeria

Abstract

This study examines the feasibility of attaining health for all by the year 2010 in Nigeria and suggests strategies for its accomplishment.



Data were collected through the administration of questionnaires on workers from both the private and public sectors and through personal interviews of medical consultants in the Federal Ministry of Health in Lagos.



Findings showed that health-care is currently unaffordable for the masses, that the present infrastructure such as water and sanitation are inadequate and that the present level of political commitment to health issues, is low.



The conclusion has been that the goal of health for all by the year 2010 is not feasible. A wide promotion of health education, strong financial and political commitment by Government and a general rise of real wages are suggested agents for the future accomplishment of the goal.

Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital Medicine Vol.9, No.3 (1999) pp. 180-183