Nigeria’s health outcomes lag peers despite higher spending

Nigeria had worse health outcomes than some countries with lower expenditure in 2018

Despite recording an almost five-fold increase in health expenditure since 2001, Nigeria had worse health outcomes than some countries with lower expenditure in 2018, a comparative study of health performance in West Africa has shown. Individual health expenditure in Nigeria rose from about $19 i

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