Nigeria Faces Public Health Physician Shortage – Aphpn President

The President of the Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN), Terfa Kene, says Nigeria lacks sufficient public health physicians due to an underlying shortage of medical doctors nationwide.

Mr Kene said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja, emphasising that the shortage reflected broader workforce challenges affecting healthcare delivery systems across Nigeria.

According to him, there are not even enough doctors, noting that the…