Nigeria has launched a digital platform to connect healthcare professionals in the diaspora with hospitals, medical schools and research institutions at home, as the Federal Government seeks to strengthen healthcare delivery through technology-enabled collaboration.
The Nigerians in Diaspora Advanced Health Programme Portal (NIDAH-P) will allow Nigerian doctors, nurses, pharmacists, medical researchers and other health professionals abroad to register their expertise online, while participating institutions upload their clinical, training and research needs for electronic matching.
Muhammad Ali Pate, coordinating minister of health and social welfare, said the initiative is part of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative aimed at building a resilient, people-centred healthcare system.
Representing the minister, Daju Kachollom said the platform transforms the migration of healthcare professionals into an opportunity for national development by promoting “brain circulation” seen as the continued contribution of skilled professionals abroad through knowledge sharing, research, mentoring and specialist services.
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