About us
The Nigerian Medical Association is the largest medical association in the West African sub-region with over 40,000 members from 36 state branches and the branch from the federal capital territory with about 19,000 in Diaspora. 70% of doctors practice in urban areas where only 30% of the population resides.
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Although the Association is involved in many of the government’s activities, it is consulted formally by the government only on an ad-hoc basis. The Association nominates eleven members of the Medical & Dental Council of Nigeria which regulates the practice of medicine & dentistry in Nigeria and the curricula of its medical schools.
The Association holds training courses for doctors and participates in radio programmes and TV talk shows. It has several on-going projects including those on AIDS, family planning, and primary health care. Project development is dependent upon outside funding.
The Association collaboration in specific projects on health issues with individual NGOs and with the National Association of Non-Government Organizations on health (NANGOH).
