he Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN), has raised the alarm that public health is in danger under the present administration.
It’s President, Alphonsus Isara, said this at the 40th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference And Golden Jubilee Celebration of the association, in Akure, the Ondo state capital.
Isara said that “Healthcare, especially public health is in danger in the present dispensation.
” The obvious challenges facing healthcare delivery in Nigeria include a very weak healthcare system, depleted human resources arising from massive brain drain especially in recent times, poor infrastructure, health insecurity (healthcare in danger), uncoordinated approach to healthcare, lack of political will on the part of government, etc.
Isara said that “The present political dispensation in Nigeria has ushered in an avalanche of public health issues that are threatening the healthcare delivery system of the country.