Covid-19 Pandemic and Health Systems in Nigeria

Abstract

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China has put health systems globally, under intense pressure. This study seeks to examine the implications of poor management of health systems in Nigeria on the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. This study relied on secondary data such as books, journals and internet sources. Besides, content analysis was used to analyze the data collected. This study argues that health facilities in Nigeria have been put under intense pressure due to the increasing demand for health assistance by Nigerians during the Covid-19, thereby limiting the performance of the limited numbers of health facilities that were hitherto inadequate. Moreover, poor infrastructural development in the health sector and corruption have been identified as causes of the poor performance of the Nigeria health sector. Lastly, this study recommends among other things, that the government should collaborate with the organized private sector in the development of its critical infrastructures such as electricity, road (rail, seaport, airport) and hospitals among others to address the growing pressure on critical infrastructure in the country.