Nigeria, April 9 -- Public health experts have raised concerns over Nigeria's primary healthcare system, revealing that only about 40 per cent of local government areas (LGAs) have medically qualified Medical Officers of Health (MOHs).

This means more than 460 out of the 774 LGAs in Nigeria lack medically trained officers to supervise health services, a situation that experts describe "unacceptable" for a country with a population of over 200 million people.

The shortage of MOHs was spotlighted at the just concluded 41st Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference (AGM&SC) of the Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN) held in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

The conference, themed "Primary Healthcare Delivery in the Face ...