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The Nigerian Medical Association is the largest medical
association in the west African sub-region with over 35,000
members from 36 state branches and the branch from the Federal
capital Territory. 70% of doctors practice in urban areas where
only 30% of the population reside. The population of Nigeria is
about 130 million. Policy decisions are made by the
Association's National Executive Council (NEC) which is the
governing body. The constitution of NMA is supreme and its
provisions shall have binding force on all authorities, organs,
branches and members of the Association and, where applicable,
on any other persons. Any medical or dental practitioner
registered under the Medical and Dental Practitioners' Act CAP
221 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria(1990) and as subsequently
amended shall have a right of membership of the Association on
payment of the annual practicing fee in the said Act as may be
reviewed from time to time, unless otherwise prescribed herein
in the constitution. The National Executive Council is the
governing body of the Association and has full powers to act on
its behalf in the period between the Annual Delegates' Meetings
in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the
Association unless otherwise stated in the constitution.
Although the Association is involved in many of the government's
activities, it is consulted formally by the government only on
an 'ad-hoc' basis. It is not consulted as 'of right' on health
issues and has to press for its participation. The Association
nominates eleven members of the Medical & Dental Council of
Nigeria which regulates the practice of medicine & dentistry in
Nigeria and the curricula of its medical schools.
The NMA is at present involved in influencing health policy
formulation in an ad hoc manner. This is done by making
unsolicited recommendations to government on various health
issues and also by making inputs, whenever invited, to some of
the national committee meetings on policy formulations.
The Association holds training courses for doctors, and
participates in radio programmes and TV talk shows. It has
several on-going projects including those on AIDS, on family
planning and on primary health care. Project development is
dependent upon outside funding. Funding agencies supporting the
Association's activities include UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, USAID, The
Ford Foundation, and the John D and Catherine T MacArthur
Foundation.
The Association collaborates in specific projects on health
