The Abia State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has given the state government up to the end of December 2018, to pay doctors in the employment of the State Health Management Board (HMB), and Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), all their salary arrears or face industrial crisis.    The NMA issued the…

The Chairman of the Abia State Branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Ejiro Carol Iwuoha has called for the effective enforcement of ‘Doctors’ Stamp’ to check quackery in the medical practice in the country. She said that the stamp which was launched last year, has several features and unique to each authentic medical…

Medical doctors under the aegis of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) may go on strike next week over failure of the Federal Government to reconstitute the Council of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) three years after its dissolution. MDCN is the regulatory body for all medical doctors in Nigeria and is in…

The Lagos Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, says brain drain, improper policies and investments, inadequate facilities and health insurance are yet to be addressed in the health sector as the nation marks its 58th independence.

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has raised the alarm over the inability of the country's health system to accommodate the casualties of political upheaval.The association noted that inflammatory statements by top political actors could stoke conflicts that could lead to communal clashes and attendant mass casualties.

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Cross River has threatened to withdraw medical services over incessant kidnapping of its members. The association issued the threat in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Dr. Agam Ayuk, and the Secretary, Dr. Ezoke Epoke, after its emergency general meeting held in Calabar yesterday. NMA, which said the…

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kogi State chapter has elected Dr Zubair Kabiru its new Chairman to steer the ship of the association for the next two years.

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and the Health Sector Reform Coalition (HSRC) have urged the Federal Government to take decisive steps towards reversing the nation’s poor health indices as the situation will continue to embarrass the country before the comity of nations for years to come except right steps are taken.   The coalition warned that talks…

The Abia state Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has been thrown into turmoil following disputed election.  The election, which took place during the 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association, produced two claimants to the Chairmanship position.  The two claimants are Dr (Mrs) Carol Iwuoha and Dr Udo Mark both staff of…

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Enugu State branch, has decried incessant attacks of its members and some patients by striking members of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) in the state. The State Chairman of NMA, Dr. Cajetan Onyedum, made the disclosure in Enugu on Monday while addressing newsmen on the lingering strike by the union.…

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has deplored the on-going strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and appealed to the Federal Government to honour its agreement with all health workers. The association urged the Federal Government to be conscious of the existence of relativity as signed in the collective bargaining agreement of 2014 with…

The Nigerian Healthcare system is at a crossroads, when we talk about the healthcare system, it means the primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare. In Nigeria, we have a situation where the primary health...