Nationally, 40 percent of the total population, or almost 83 million people, live below the country’s poverty line of 137,430 naira ($381.75) per year. – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)

Health care access in Nigeria is very limited in all dimensions due to factors within and beyond the health system.  However, around 7.3 billion people are unable to access all the essential health services that they need, and it is estimated that in 137 countries around 8.6 million excess deaths occurred in 2016 as a consequence of poor access to quality healthcare, particularly in Low and Middle-Income Countries as at 2017