SUMMARY OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH ACT: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN NIGERIA
SUMMARY OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH ACT: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN NIGERIA Written by Onoka, Amara C., Omotola,Ngozi, Kelechi-Duruh, Ijeoma Department of Nursing, University of Nigeria Enugu Campus, Enugu Correspondence email: adiella914@gmail.com Introduction The 2014 National Health Act (NHA) is a bill that seeks to regulate and harmonize the Activities of personnel and institutions within the health sector in Nigeria (Enabulele & Enabulele, 2016). It was formerly signed into law on 31 st October, 2014 after almost a decade of debate by the former President of Nigeria Dr. Goodluck Jonathan (Adepoju, 2015). The NHA is the most debated health bill in Nigeria due to the many interests, agitations and desire for improvement of working conditions vis-à-vis remuneration, autonomy and participation in leadership positions among medical and health professionals. This paper shall review the 2014 NHA with special focus on: 1) Brief history of the NHA 2) Th...
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