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Nigerian Red Cross Society Act, 1961

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This is an Act for the set-up of the Nigerian Red Cross Society highlighting its power and purpose in Nigeria and for other related matters.

Nigeria 1961 Health

Nursing and Midwifery (Registration) Act, 1979

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This is an Act for the creation of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria for the registration of nurses and midwives in Nigeria and State Nursing and Midwifery Committees and to provide for the discipline of nurses and midwives in Nigeria and all other related matters.

Nigeria 1979 Health

National Medical College Act, 1979

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This is an Act to set up a National Medical College authorised to conduct examinations in the various specialized branches of medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology and dental surgery and other connected matters.

Nigeria 1979 Health

Medical and Dental Practitioners Act, 1988

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria. The Act outlines the function of the Council, governance and financial provisions. The Act also specifies the guideline for the registration of medical practitioners and dental surgeons as well as a Disciplinary Tribunal for the discipline of members

Nigeria 1988 Health

Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Act, 1988

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Registration Board to regulate the activities of rehabilitation therapists including registration, training, professional discipline and other miscellaneous regulations.

Nigeria 1988 Health

Health Records Officers (Registration) Act 1989

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This is an Act to set up a Board for the control and practice of the profession of health records management including the training, professional discipline and other miscellaneous regulations.

Nigeria 1989 Health

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act,

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This is an Act to establish the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to enforce laws against the cultivation, processing, sale, trafficking and use of hard drugs and to empower the Agency to investigate persons suspected to have dealings in drugs and other related matters.

Nigeria 1989 Health

National Eye Centre Act, 1979

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This is an Act for the creation of the National Eye Centre at Kaduna for the prevention and cure of eye defects and diseases and to establish a Board including the function and composition for the governance of the centre and other connected matters.

Nigeria 1979 Health

Nigeria Family Planning Blueprint 2020-2024

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This policy by the Nigerian Government is based on an overall strategy by the Nigerian Government to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality rate in Nigeria to achieve a modern contraceptive prevalence rate of 27 per cent. The blueprint provides policy guidance on service delivery, supplies management, behavioural change, regulations and financing.

Nigeria 2020 Health

Family Planning On-The-Job Training Manual

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This policy highlights the strategy adopted by the Federal Ministry of Health and stakeholders in training Family Planning (FP) workforce especially service providers, in On-the-Job Training (OJT). The policy is to enable health service providers to learn at the service delivery point, ensuring knowledge, skills and attitude transfer to deliver quality healthcare services. The policy is also to reduce the cost of capacity building while ensuring less disruption of service delivery processes.

Nigeria 2019 Health

National Family Planning/ Reproductive Health Service Protocols

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This guidance by the Ministry of Health is to ensure the delivery of quality reproductive health services in Nigeria in line with 2008 WHO Medical Eligibility Criteria (MEC). The goal of the guidance is to improve the technical competence and confidence of service providers and to increase the quality and access to family planning services for all Nigerians.

Nigeria 2010 Health

Pharmacist Act

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This Act makes provision for the regulation of pharmaceutical chemists.

Nigeria 1965 Health

Media Engagement Strategy for Health Promotion in Nigeria

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

This strategy sets out mechanisms, arrangements and pathways to guide collaboration between the Health Promotion Division of Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health and the media sector. It prescribes the ways to harness available tools for publicity, information sharing and public engagement to fulfil the mission of the National Strategic Plan for Health Promotion (2020-2024), which is to empower Nigerians to make informed choices for healthier living.

Nigeria 2020 Health

National Policy on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Persons with Disabilities with emphasis on Women and Girls

Ministry of Health, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Nigeria

This strategic policy document is designed to provide a policy direction to Government, civil society organizations, development partners, media practitioners and the organized private sector, on how to deal with reproductive health concerns of Women and Girls with Disabilities (WGWD).

Nigeria 2018 Health