Nigeria ranks 187 out of 190 in Healthcare

World Health Organization’s Ranking of the World’s Health Systems ranks nigeria a lowly 187 out of 190 sampled countries.

Well, we used to be one of the best.... Back in 1960, The Ashby Commission on Higher education at Independence described higher education in Nigeria as good as the very best in the world. Sir Eric Ashby indeed suggested that in 1962 it was easier to get into Harvard than the University of Ibadan, and the University College Hospital, Ibadan was ranked Third best in the Commonwealth, ahead of most Teaching Hospitals in Britain. Saudi Princes came there with Health challenges but in recent times our President, Umaru Yar’adua all but died in a Saudi Hospital. It is no wonder a Professor of medicine from the University of Lagos, Professor Tayo, recently described our health care system as a ‘’man made disaster”. 

It is miracle how we were able to battle the Ebola scourge.

World Health Organization Ranking; The World’s Health Systems
1 France	51 Dominican Republic	101 Moldova	151 Kyrgystan
2 Italy	52 Tunisia	102 Bulgaria	152 Togo
3 San Marino	53 Jamaica	103 Iraq	153 Turkmenistan
4 Andorra	54 Venezuela	104 Armenia	154 Tajikistan
5 Malta	55 Albania	105 Latvia	155 Zimbabwe
6 Singapore	56 Seychelles	106 Yugoslavia	156 Tanzania
7 Spain	57 Paraguay	107 Cook Islands	157 Djibouti
8 Oman	58 South Korea	108 Syria	158 Eritrea
9 Austria	59 Senegal	109 Azerbaijan	159 Madagascar
10 Japan	60 Philippines	110 Suriname	160 Vietnam
11 Norway	61 Mexico	111 Ecuador	161 Guinea
12 Portugal	62 Slovakia	112 India	162 Mauritania
13 Monaco	63 Egypt	113 Cape Verde	163 Mali
14 Greece	64 Kazakhstan	114 Georgia	164 Cameroon
15 Iceland	65 Uruguay	115 El Salvador	165 Laos
16 Luxembourg	66 Hungary	116 Tonga	166 Congo
17 Netherlands	67 Trinidad and Tobago	117 Uzbekistan	167 North Korea
18 United Kingdom	68 Saint Lucia	118 Comoros	168 Namibia
19 Ireland	69 Belize	119 Samoa	169 Botswana
20 Switzerland	70 Turkey	120 Yemen	170 Niger
21 Belgium	71 Nicaragua	121 Niue	171 Equatorial Guinea
22 Colombia	72 Belarus	122 Pakistan	172 Rwanda
23 Sweden	73 Lithuania	123 Micronesia	173 Afghanistan
24 Cyprus	74 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	124 Bhutan	174 Cambodia
25 Germany	75 Argentina	125 Brazil	175 South Africa
26 Saudi Arabia	76 Sri Lanka	126 Bolivia	176 Guinea-Bissau
27 United Arab Emirates	77 Estonia	127 Vanuatu	177 Swaziland
28 Israel	78 Guatemala	128 Guyana	178 Chad
29 Morocco	79 Ukraine	129 Peru	179 Somalia
30 Canada	80 Solomon Islands	130 Russia	180 Ethiopia
31 Finland	81 Algeria	131 Honduras	181 Angola
32 Australia	82 Palau	132 Burkina Faso	182 Zambia
33 Chile	83 Jordan	133 Sao Tome and Principe	183 Lesotho
34 Denmark	84 Mauritius	134 Sudan	184 Mozambique
35 Dominica	85 Grenada	135 Ghana	185 Malawi
36 Costa Rica	86 Antigua and Barbuda	136 Tuvalu	186 Liberia
37 USA	87 Libya	137 Ivory Coast	187 Nigeria
38 Slovenia	88 Bangladesh	138 Haiti	188 Democratic Republic of the Congo
39 Cuba	89 Macedonia	139 Gabon	189 Central African Republic
40 Brunei	90 Bosnia-Herzegovina	140 Kenya	190 Myanmar
41 New Zealand	91 Lebanon	141 Marshall Islands
42 Bahrain	92 Indonesia	142 Kiribati
43 Croatia	93 Iran	143 Burundi
44 Qatar	94 Bahamas	144 China
45 Kuwait	95 Panama	145 Mongolia
46 Barbados	96 Fiji	146 Gambia
47 Thailand	97 Benin	147 Maldives
48 Czech Republic	98 Nauru	148 Papua New Guinea
49 Malaysia	99 Romania	149 Uganda
50 Poland	100 Saint Kitts and Nevis	150 Nepal