Background
The biggest challenge with Nigeria's healthcare sector is access to quality healthcare. The opportunity cost of this challenge to Nigeria is enormous. A USAID report disclosed that Nigeria shoulders up to 10% of the global disease burden; noting further that this situation is caused by lack of access to quality healthcare facilities and workers, particularly in the rural areas. This challenge can also be considered when squared against 2019 data from Nigeria Health Facility Register (NHFR). According to the report, Nigeria has 40,345 registered hospitals and clinics to serve the 201 million population. This implies that one healthcare facility...