5-year compulsory service bill: We resist enslavement – NMA
ABUJA --THE Nigerian Medical Association, NMA ,has said it would deploy all legitimate means at its disposal to resist resist compulsory five year service to Nigeria by medical doctors of Nigerians origin as being proposed through a bill at the National Assembly.
3rd wave infections: Get vaccinated against COVID-19, NMA counsels health workers, others
Amid speculations of a possible entrance of the Indian COVID-19 variant of concern into the country, the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, has appealed to adult Nigerians, particularly, medical and health workers and persons with co-morbidities to go for COVID-19 vaccination
World Malaria Day: NMA tasks FG, State govt on malaria elimination
By Chioma Obinna As the world marks this year’s World Malaria Day with the theme: “Achieving Zero Malaria Begins with Me”, the Lagos State branch of Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, has called on Federal and state governments to be intentional and proactive in the fight against malaria if the country must reduce the high number […]
NMA dismisses call to probe its President
…Says allegation against him untrue By Chioma Obinna The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, on Wednesday condemned a media report calling for the probe of the president of the association, Prof Innocent Ujah. The NMA also claimed that the report credited to a chieftain of the All Peoples Congress, APC, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze made a […]
NMA seeks standard treatment centres for Hemophilia patients
By Chioma Obinna On this year’s World Hemophilia Day, the Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, on Friday appealed to the Federal government to set up a standard haemophilia treatment care centres with adequate supply of Factor VIII concentrate. Hemophilia is a life-long bleeding disorder that affects the blood’s ability to clot […]
Resident Doctors Strike: Ngige clears air on residency training
THE Ministry of Labour and Employment has advised the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, to stop dissipating energy, interpreting the comments made by Minister Senator Chris Ngige in a recent television interview and squarely face the challenge of helping to stem the series of industrial action by the junior doctors in the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD)
