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It is tagged the "MAK NiMSA Health week" to honour 3 Medical students (Mustapha, Aisha, Kabiru - MAK ) who unfortunately died at the NiMSA Health Week in 2023 after a boat mishap. The Inaugural "MAK NiMSA Health Week" was held in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, hosted by the Ebonyi State University Medical Students Association (EBSUMSA).
The accreditation of medical and dental schools in Nigeria and minimum training standards is the joint responsibility of the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).1 Currently, in Nigeria, there exist 42 medical schools, of which; 17 are Federal, 18 are State institutions, and seven are ...
College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL) also known as Medilag is the medical school affiliated with the University of Lagos. It is located in Idi-Araba, Lagos beside its sister institution, the Lagos University Teaching Hospital. [1] The college has a total staff of 1,850 in 32 departments. [2]
In Nigeria, primary healthcare is to be provided by Local Governments, secondary health care by State Governments and tertiary health care by the Federal Government. [1] In operationalizing this policy, the Federal Government decided to establish at least one tertiary health institution in each State of the Nigerian Federation. [ 2 ]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is a federal agency under the Ministry. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The agency was established in 2011 with the assistance of the US Centers for Disease Control . [ 15 ] Furthermore, there's the Health System Strengthening division whose mandate is to plan for human resource development in health.
The federal government's role is mostly limited to coordinating the affairs of the university teaching hospitals, Federal Medical Centres (tertiary healthcare) while the state government manages the various general hospitals (secondary healthcare) and the local government focuses on dispensaries (primary healthcare), [5] which are regulated by the federal government through the NPHCDA.
PAMO University of Medical Sciences is a private medical university located in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. [1] The university was established in 2017 as the first private medical university in Nigeria. [2] PAMO University of Medical Sciences was founded by the former governor of Rivers State, Dr Sir Peter Odili. [3]
The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) in Yaba, Lagos state, Nigeria is a medical research institute established by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the research institute establishment act of 1977, to promote national health and developments. Until the establishment of National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and ...