“Doctors are targeted and kidnapped”: crimes and insecurity contribute to health problems and constrain the delivery of health services in urban settings in Nigeria

Tochukwu Charles Orjiakor, Ethelbert Agu, Prince Agwu, Pamela Adaobi Ogbozor, Divine Ndubuisi Obodoechi, Chidiogo Orjiakor, Aloysius Odii, Chizoba Ugwuoke, John Eze, Nicola Bowes, Obinna Onwujekwe

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10.3389/fpubh.2025.1671252
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2026-01-12
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Frontiers in Public Health
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Frontiers Media SA
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@article{allodium:10.3389/fpubh.2025.1671252,
  title = {“Doctors are targeted and kidnapped”: crimes and insecurity contribute to health problems and constrain the delivery of health services in urban settings in Nigeria},
  author = {Tochukwu Charles Orjiakor and Ethelbert Agu and Prince Agwu and Pamela Adaobi Ogbozor and Divine Ndubuisi Obodoechi and Chidiogo Orjiakor and Aloysius Odii and Chizoba Ugwuoke and John Eze and Nicola Bowes and Obinna Onwujekwe},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Frontiers in Public Health},
  doi = {10.3389/fpubh.2025.1671252},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1671252}
}

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AU  - Pamela Adaobi Ogbozor
AU  - Divine Ndubuisi Obodoechi
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AU  - Aloysius Odii
AU  - Chizoba Ugwuoke
AU  - John Eze
AU  - Nicola Bowes
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JO  - Frontiers in Public Health
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Orjiakor, T. C., Agu, E., Agwu, P., Ogbozor, P. A., Obodoechi, D. N., Orjiakor, C., Odii, A., Ugwuoke, C., Eze, J., Bowes, N., & Onwujekwe, O. (2026). “Doctors are targeted and kidnapped”: crimes and insecurity contribute to health problems and constrain the delivery of health services in urban settings in Nigeria. Frontiers in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1671252

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