ArticleGlobal health action2024
Understanding the exodus: a 15-year retrospective cohort study on the pattern and determinants of migration among Nigerian doctors and dentists.
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- `This is our country and somehow, we have to make it work': a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study of the enablers of non-migration and return migration in a cohort of Nigerian medical doctors and dentists.Global health action · 2026Article
- International migration of Africa-born health workers: a scoping review of drivers and policies, 2010-2024.Human resources for health · 2026Article
- Impact of current U.S. visa policies on Nigerian medical students and physicians seeking graduate medical education.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- The effect of perceived victimization on willingness to migrate among Turkish doctors: mediator of job dissatisfaction and moderator of perceived career opportunity.BMC health services research · 2026Article
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- Socio-Demographic and Occupational Correlates of Job Satisfaction among Healthcare Workers at Tertiary Hospitals in Kaduna State, Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationArticle
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Abstract
backgroundNigeria faces a critical shortage of healthcare professionals yet experiences a significant annual exodus of doctors and dentists. This alarming trend threatens the country's ability to provide equitable healthcare.
objectiveThis study investigated the patterns and determinants of migration among doctors and dentists who graduated from the University of Benin, Nigeria, 15 years ago.
methodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study that tracked 274 of the 379 (72.3%) eligible cohort. We computed the migration incidence rate per person-year from 2008 to 2023, covering 3,455 person-years of follow-up and analysed migration drivers as push and pull factors across macro-, meso-, and micro-levels.
resultsFifteen years post-graduation, 48.9% (134/274) of the cohort had migrated. While the annual incidence rate of migration remained stable for the first 8 years, it spiked after 2016, reaching 11.4 per 100 person-years in 2023. Among those who migrated, the majority (96.3%, 129/134) relocated outside the African continent. The top three destination countries were the UK (48.5%, 65/134), Canada (20.9%, 28/134), and the USA (19.4%, 26/134). The leading push factors were insecurity of lives and property (57.8%), concerns about children's futures (50.3%), and limited career development opportunities (45.9%). The primary pull factors included security (56.3%), permanent residency (49.6%), and better pay in the destination country (46.7%). Significant predictors of migration included younger age, timing of marriage, and residency training status.
conclusionsTo avert an impending crisis, the Nigerian government must address the root causes driving the increasing migration of doctors and dentists.
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