COVID-19: Nigeria would have lost $500 million to medical tourism – Lawmaker

But as a result of the economic downturn caused by weeks of lockdown, many of those donor funds are no longer coming as every country faces its own COVID-19 nightmare.

“We can divert that excess money to make sure we have a vibrant Primary Health Care service delivery system.”Gafar Alawode, a public health practitioner and the anchor of the event, said the COVID-19 situation has shown that Nigeria must stop depending on other countries for the healthcare needs of its citizens.

“If our health system is well developed, we will have a vibrant market because most of the smaller African countries will like to come to Nigeria than going to India: Its less costly; culture is the same, food and weather etc.”

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