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Nigeria: Legislative Agenda - Reps to Use 'Trado-Medicine' to Develop Local Drug Production Capacity
[Premium Times] The House says it will prioritise bridging the gap between trado-medicine and local production of drugs to meet its agenda of "healthcare for all."
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news

Nigeria: Bayelsa Governor Aspirants Promise to Prioritise Sports
[This Day] Three frontline Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirants in Bayelsa State have pledged that their administration would give priority consideration to sports development.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 30, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Fifteen years of emergency medicine literature in Africa: A scoping review
ConclusionOur review revealed a considerable increase in the growth of African EM literature from 1999 to 2014. Overwhelmingly, articles were observational, studied all-comers, and focused on undifferentiated complaints. The articles discovered in this scoping review are reflective of the relatively immature and growing state of African EM.
Source: African Journal of Emergency Medicine - January 18, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Nigeria: Nigeria Advances in Natural Medicine
[Guardian] Today is African Traditional Medicine Day. A day set out by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the African Union (AU) to promote and develop traditional medicines. CHUKWUMA MUANYA examines progress made by private and government agencies in the development of traditional medicine.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 31, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: 'Herbal Medicine Curriculum Will Help Integrate Practice Into Healthcare System'
[Guardian] Former Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said that the implementation of proposed herbal medicine curriculum in medical schools will facilitate plans to integrate traditional medicine (TM) and its practitioners (TMP) into the conventional healthcare system.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 7, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Traditional medicine usage among adult women in Ibadan, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
Previous research has revealed high rates of traditional medicine usage in Nigeria. Reports of widespread contamination of herbal medicine products and higher rates of noncompliance with Western medications am...
Source: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine - March 20, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Suellen Li, Stella Odedina, Imaria Agwai, Oladosu Ojengbede, Dezheng Huo and Olufunmilayo I. Olopade Tags: Research article Source Type: research

Drug Shop Intervention to Enhance Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Patent Medicine Vendors for the Control of COVID-19 In Southeastern Nigeria
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Jun 3:tpmd201549. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1549. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDrug shops are the first point of care for most community members in low-resource countries. Because of symptomatic similarities with common illnesses such as malaria, probable coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases may seek care at drug shops, where the knowledge and skills required to handle it may be lacking, thereby fostering community spread of the disease. This single-arm study provided an intervention to improve COVID-19-related knowledge, attitude, and practices of patent medicine vendors (PMVs) in 97 participatin...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - June 20, 2021 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Uchechukwu Madukaku Chukwuocha Gregory Ndubeze Iwuoha Onyeka Francis Ashinze Princewill Ugochukwu Njoku Chidera Chisom Obasi Evelyn Ifezue Adey Ikechukwu Nosike Simplicius Dozie Source Type: research

Nigeria: Why We Didn't Approve Herbal Medicine for Covid-19 Treatment - NAFDAC
[Premium Times] The NAFDAC DG warned Nigerian researchers and other herbal medicine practitioners to desist from parading unverified medicine for the virus.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 19, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: Patent Medicine Dealers Seek Support On Regulation, OTCs
[Daily Trust] The Nigeria Association of Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers (NAPPMED) has called on the federal government to support its members in providing Over-the-Counter (OTC) drugs, particularly to Nigerians in the rural areas.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 6, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: Nigeria Misses $100 Billion Global Natural Medicine Deal
[Leadership] Lagos -Nigeria is yet to tap fully from the multi-billion dollar global natural medicine market currently valued in excess of S100billion.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 26, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria:PCN - Proliferation of Illegal Medicine Stores Weakens Distribution Chain
[This Day] Abuja -The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has disclosed that one of the identified weaknesses in the distribution chain of drugs and medicines is the proliferation of illegal medicine stores as most of them do not have adequate storage facilities.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 7, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria:NAFDAC to Promote Herbal Medicine, Local Manufacturers
[Guardian] The Director General of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye has said the agency, under her administration will promote development of herbal medicine.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 14, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria:Local Manufacturers Seek Improved Investment in Quality Medicine
[Guardian] To reduce dependence on importation of quality medicine, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and other stakeholders in the pharmaceutical industry have advocated improved investments in drugs production in the country.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 10, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria:400 Pharmacies, Patent Medicine Stores Sealed in Adamawa
[Premium Times] The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 400 pharmacies and patent medicine stores in Adamawa for various offences.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 21, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Medical genetics and genomic medicine in Nigeria
Molecular Genetics&Genomic Medicine, EarlyView.
Source: Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine - June 5, 2018 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Adebowale A. Adeyemo , Olukemi K. Amodu , Ekanem E. Ekure , Olayemi O. Omotade Source Type: research