Pathology crisis: Nigeria has less than 200 specialists for 200m people

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Nigeria faces a critical shortage of pathologists, with fewer than 200 specialists serving over 200 million people. This shortage poses significant threats to accurate medical diagnosis, cancer care, and the overall health system amid brain-drain and poor working conditions.

…Pathologists demand urgent investment as brain-drain, poor working conditions threaten cancer careBy Chioma Obinna Nigeria has fewer than 200 practising pathologists serving a population of more than 200 million people, a development experts say is threatening accurate diagnosis, cancer care and the wider health system. The specialists, who described pathology as the bedrock of modern […] The post Pathology crisis: Nigeria has less than 200 specialists for 200m people appeared first on Vanguard News.