Tag: NMA

  • NMA conducts free medical outreach for inmates in Jos

    NMA conducts free medical outreach for inmates in Jos

    The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has organised a two-day free medical outreach for inmates at the Jos custodial centre. Declaring the event open, Prof. Innocent Ujah, the National President of the association said that the gesture was part of its 2021 Annual General Conference/Delegates’ Meeting (AGM/DM). Ujah reiterated that the need for everybody to have…

  • COVID-19: NMA attributes second wave to poor adherence to guidelines

    COVID-19: NMA attributes second wave to poor adherence to guidelines

    Dr Innocent Emmanuel, Chairman, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Plateau state chapter, has attributed the second wave of COVID-19, to poor and non-adherence to the virus’s non-pharmaceutical guidelines. Emmanuel, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Jos, said that it was evidence that places where people adhered…

  • NMA supports joint vaccine development between China and Nigeria  for COVID-19

    NMA supports joint vaccine development between China and Nigeria for COVID-19

    The President of the Nigeria Medical Association Professor Innocent Ujah has called for greater collaboration between Nigerian doctors and their Chinese counterparts in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Ujah who spoke in Abuja, noted that Chinese doctors have shown capacity in containing the virus after the outbreak was first reported Wuhan, China. He…