The United Kingdom (UK) government has stopped Nigeria and some other country’s healthcare workers from being recruited by health and social care employers in UK unless there is a government-to-government agreement.
The red list, where Nigeria now falls, is drawn from the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards list.
Countries that are not on either the red or amber lists are to be considered ‘green’ countries.
The WHO had a month ago, listed 55 countries, including Nigeria facing the most pressing health workforce challenges related to Universal Health Coverage.
