Medical Missions

The Health systems in Nigeria continue to be very weak as a result of insufficient resource allocation, poor management, low remuneration offered to healthcare professionals, resulting in increased migration of doctors, nurses and teachers to western Europe and north America.

With a population of 195, 825, 728, Nigeria spends about $25.65 per capita on healthcare annually, far short of the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended benchmark of $45 per capita on healthcare for member states, which expired in 2015 under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This explains why the Nigerian government is unable to combat several health scourges of the day. There, and in most sub-Saharan African nations, a child dies every 30 seconds from malaria, a disease that can be cured.

Directors and Volunteers of Ejayes Charities, Inc. (ECI) have been undertaking medical missions to several at-risk communities across Nigeria for the last 16 years. During these missions, large numbers of sick and disabled children and adults are treated for such illnesses as hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, gastroenteritis, malaria, eye infection, and minor surgeries are also performed.