NNMDA
2 Jan
The Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) plans to establish a pilot plant aimed at bridging the gap between laboratory-scale research and industrial-scale drug production.
25 Dec
Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) has called for the standardisation of traditional medicines and its teaching in schools. The agency’s Director-General, Prof Martins Emeje, made the call during a media parley
24 Dec
The Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) has called for the standardisation of traditional medicines and its teaching in schools. Its Director-General, Prof. Martins Emeje, said this during a media parley organised to induct members of the media as ‘Journalists for Traditional Medicines’. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the virtual media parley…
16 Oct
The Director-General of Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA), Prof. Martins Omeje, has said that more than 93 per cent of Nigerians depend on traditional medicine to survive, saying that for Nigeria to achieve universal health coverage, traditional medicine remains the panacea.
28 May 2024
To boost indigenous medicine and create easy access to the right information, the Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) is set to embark on standardisation and e-documentation of practitioners based on products and services peculiar to their environment.
14 Mar 2024
The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to invest in natural medicine to provide substitutes for foreign drugs amid the rising cost of products in the country.
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