Healthcare and economic restructuring : Nigeria in comparative perspective / / Philip C. Aka and Joseph Abiodun Balogun

• Autore: Aka Philip Chukwuma
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 pages)
• Disciplina: 362.109669
• Soggetto topico: Economic history
• Soggetto geografico: Nigeria Economic conditions 1970-
• Persona (resp. second.): BalogunJoseph Abiodun
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Table of Nigerian National and International Laws -- Map of Nigeria -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- Argument -- The Abuja Declaration and Its Aftermath -- Nigeria's International Obligations Related to Healthcare -- Several Recent Developments that Inspired this Research -- The COVID-19 Pandemic -- Imminence of Electric Cars -- Within the Context of the Debate on Healthcare in Africa -- What this Book Is Not About -- Organization Of this Book -- 2: Primer on Nigeria, "Giant of Africa" -- Introduction -- Demographic Features -- Wholesale Creature of British Colonialism in Africa -- The Experience of Federalism in Nigeria -- Largest Economy in Africa -- Conclusion -- 3: Features of Nigeria's Healthcare System -- Introduction -- The Huge Burden of Diseases Relative to Resources -- Influence of Private Facilities Relative to Public Initiatives -- Continuing Influence of Traditional Medicine -- Privileging of Curative Healthcare Over Preventive Medicine -- Low Public Trust in Nigeria's Healthcare System Evident in Medical Tourism -- Negative Legacy of Long Military Rule on Nigeria's Healthcare System -- Conclusion -- 4: Restructuring the Nigerian Economy to Generate Revenue for Healthcare Funding -- Introduction -- Overview of Nigeria's Economy -- Survey of the Non-Petroleum Sectors Based on Share of the Labor Force -- Survey of the Non-Petroleum Sectors Based on Contribution to the GDP -- Elements of the Non-Petroleum Sectors -- Agriculture -- Industrialization -- Services -- Factoring in the Ambiguous Role of Petroleum -- Back to Agriculture -- Carcasses of Nigeria's Development Programs -- List of Eight Programs -- Possible Explanation as to Why These Programs Failed to Produce Economic Development -- Impact of the Imminent Shift to Electric Vehicles on Nigeria's Oil-Based Economy. ; General Motors (GM) -- The Option for Electric Cars -- Impetus for the GM Announcement -- Diversification as Tool for Restructuring Nigeria's Economy -- Health Services as Diversification Technique -- More Than an Extension of the Service Sector -- Two Possible Roads to the Health-Services-as-Diversification Technique -- Increasing the Contributions of the Industrialization and Service Sectors of Nigeria's Economy without Undermining Agriculture -- Agriculture -- Industrialization -- Service -- Conclusion -- 5: Influence of Politics on Healthcare in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Record Under the Fourth Republic -- Low-Level Awareness on Healthcare among the Lawmakers -- Two Laws on Healthcare as Test Case -- What Needs To Be Done -- Commit the Nigerian Government to the Abuja Declaration on Optimal Budgetary Allocation -- Cut Waste and Make Sure That the Monies Saved Actually Go into Healthcare Services -- Promote Preventive Healthcare, Rather than Curative Medicine -- Stimulate Increased Participation in the National Health Insurance Scheme -- Tackle the Shortage of Healthcare Workers -- Strengthen the Health Information System -- Address the Public Health Consequences of Political Violence -- Promote Research and Development (R& -- D) Within the Healthcare System -- Tackle the Broader Issue of Infrastructure Deficit that Negatively Impacts the Healthcare System -- Conclusion -- 6: Conclusion -- Healthcare and Economic Restructuring in Nigeria -- Introspection on the Theoretical Contributions of this Book -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Healthcare and economic restructuring
• ISBN: 981-16-9542-3; 981-16-9543-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910743686903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II