Links to Nigeria Medical Sites

Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN)

Established in 1963, the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) is the apex medical organization in Nigeria, and it regulates the practice of medicine in Nigeria. It controls all aspects of medical practice in Nigeria including medical education, entry of foreign medically trained practitioners into Nigeria and disciplinary matters. According to the MDCN website, the MDCN is responsible for the following:

a. Determining the standard of knowledge and skill to be attained by persons seeking to become members of the medical or dental profession and reviewing those standards from time to time as circumstances may permit.

b. Securing in accordance with the provision of this Act, the establishment and maintenance of registers of persons entitled to practice members of the medical or dental profession and the publication from time to time of list of those persons.

c. Reviewing and preparing from time to time, a statement as to the code of conduct which the council considers desirable for the practice of the professions in Nigeria.

d. Supervising and controlling the practice of homeopathy and other forms of alternative medicine; (1992 No. 78).

e. Making regulations for the operation of clinical laboratory practical in the field of Forensic Pathology, Autopsy and Cytology, Parasitology, Chemical Pathology, Medical Virology, and (1991 No. 78).

f. Performing the other functions conferred on the Council by this Act.

I like the website. All the information doctors require for medical practice in Nigeria can be found at this site, including links to regulatory and informational documents, registration of newly graduated doctors and foreign trained physicians.

The contact details are as follows:

• Address: Plot 1102, Cadastral Zone B11, Off Oladipo Diya Road, Behind Prince and Princess Estate, Kaura District Abuja Nigeria
• Phone: 09077062051 Open:8am-4pm (Monday-Friday)
• Email: [email protected].

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)

Reputed to be the largest medical association in West Africa, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) is the umbrella body of all medical practitioners in Nigeria. It is a vibrant organization with its own website and journal, The Nigerian Medical Journal.

The contact details of the NMA are as follows:
National Secretariat: 8 Benghazi Street, Off Addis Ababa Crescent, Wuse Zone 4, FCT, Abuja
Phone: +234 803 587 0494
Email: [email protected]

Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN)

The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has as its members, the specialist doctors in Nigeria. It is an affiliate of the Nigerian Medical Association and is “the largest specialist medical association in the West African sub-region with over 2,000 members from teaching and specialist hospitals from all parts of Nigeria.”

Some useful information can be found on the official website of the association, despite the fact that it isn’t maintained very well.

The official journal of the association is the Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice.

National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD)

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) is the umbrella body of all resident doctors in Nigeria. It is a very vibrant association that has been very active in improving the renumeration of doctors in Nigeria. At present, it has no website! It has a Wikipedia page and a research initiative page which contains research related to the welfare of resident doctors.

Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners in Nigeria (AGPMN)

The Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners in Nigeria (AGPMN) is the umbrella organization for all medical and dental doctors in private practice either as owners or employees. The association appears not to have any website. Its headquarters is at No 9, Sam Sonibare Street, Surulere, Lagos.