DOCTOR- PATIENT RATIO IN AFRICA

[Richard Akindele]

Country	Doctor-patient ratio (per 100,000 people)
Seychelles	151
Tunisia	134
Libya	129
Algeria	113
Mauritius	106
South Africa	77
Egypt	54
Morocco	51
Gabon	49
Sao Tome and Principe	49
Botswana	40
Equatorial Guinea	30
Namibia	30
Gabon	29
Madagascar	29
Nigeria	28
Sudan	22
(Republic of) Congo	20
Cameroon	19
Djibouti	18
Swaziland	16
Zimbabwe	16
Comoros	15
Ghana	15
Kenya	14
Cote d' Ivoire	12
Zambia	12
Guinea-Bissau	12
Mauritania	11
Gambia	11
Guinea	11
Congo (Democratic Republic)	11
Central African Republic	8
Mali	8
Angola	8
Uganda	8
Burkina Faso	6
Senegal	6
Papua New Guinea	5
Lesotho	5
Eritrea	5
Rwanda	5
Togo	4
Benin	4
Chad	4
Mozambique	3
Burundi	3
Ethiopia	3
Sierra Leone	3
Niger	3
Tanzania	2
Malawi	2

[Richard Akindele]

I've never understood the issue of doctor shortages in Nigeria.

Isn't it a matter of demand and supply. Higher demand should correspondingly lead to a higher supply.

If a country needs more medical doctors, you build more medical schools and train more doctors. Can anybody explain why that is a problem?

I know there would be an initial shortage of teachers when new schools are built, but that too can be rectified the same way as doctor shortage.

Can anybody explain why Nigeria has a shortage of doctors?

[collin2]

Was it a difficult move? Was it complicated to find a job in Somalia? To find an accommodation in Somalia?