Nigeria Medical Association (NMA)
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Nigeria Medical Association | Profile
The Nigeria Medical Association is the professional association representing medical and dental practitioners in Nigeria. Here’s an overview:
About Nigeria Medical Association:
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) is the umbrella organization for medical and dental professionals in Nigeria. Established in 1960, the NMA serves as a platform for medical and dental practitioners to collaborate, advocate, and advance the interests of the healthcare profession and public health in Nigeria.
Key Objectives:
- Professional Advocacy: NMA advocates for the interests of medical and dental practitioners, promoting policies, laws, and initiatives that support the welfare, rights, and professional development of healthcare professionals in Nigeria.
- Public Health Promotion: NMA plays a key role in public health promotion and disease prevention efforts, raising awareness about health issues, advocating for health education and promotion programs, and collaborating with government and other stakeholders to improve health outcomes for Nigerians.
- Continuing Medical Education: NMA provides opportunities for medical and dental professionals to enhance their knowledge, skills, and competencies through continuing medical education (CME) programs, seminars, workshops, and conferences, ensuring ongoing professional development and quality improvement in healthcare delivery.
- Ethical Standards: NMA upholds high ethical standards and professional conduct among its members, promoting adherence to ethical principles, patient rights, confidentiality, and professionalism in medical and dental practice.
- Community Engagement: NMA engages with communities across Nigeria to address health disparities, promote access to healthcare services, and advocate for policies and programs that improve health equity and social determinants of health.
Membership Benefits:
- Networking opportunities with fellow medical and dental professionals.
- Access to professional development resources and continuing medical education programs.
- Advocacy and representation on issues affecting the healthcare profession and public health.
- Participation in NMA committees, research projects, and community health initiatives.
- Support and guidance on ethical and professional matters in medical and dental practice.
State Secretariat Locations
- NMA National Secretariat: 8 Benghazi Street, Off Addis Ababa Crescent, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja
- Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State
- Doctors close, off Army Barracks rd. Jimeta-yola, Adamawa State
- KM 8, Nwaniba Road, Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State
- Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Awka, Anambra State.
- No BA9, Maigoro Shopping Complex, Yanaoka Road, Bauchi.
- Road 6, Block 49, Flat 4, Okaka Housing Estate, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State
- OPPOSITE Final Yogurt, Off Senator George Akume Road, Makurdi, Benue State.
- Umar Shehu House, NMA Secretariat, opp. Federal High Court Polo Road, Maiduguri, Borno State
- Plot 55/58, Enang-Ahe Residential layout, Phase 1, Off Ndidem Usang Iso Boulevard Ikot Ansa Town, Calabar.
- NMA Delta State Secretariat, Behind DTHA Opposite the Cenotaph, High Court Road,Asaba, Delta State.
- Doctors House,Ugbowo, by Conoil, Benin City.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology Unit, AEFUTH, Abakaliki
- Doctors House, Ado Ekiti
- No 29, Abakaliki Road, GRA, Enugu.
- Plot 10, Behind FIRS Office, New City Center, Gombe.
- Judicial Avenue, Off Portharcourt Road, owerri, Imo State.
- F4 Abdullahi Maikano Way, Off Sanusi Road, Dutse, Jigawa State
- ¼, Swimming Pool road, Kaduna.
- NMA House.No 4 Maiduguri Road, Kano.
- No 2, Daura Road, Katsina, Katsina state.
- Along Sani Abacha Byepass,Labana Junction,Birnin- Kebbi.
- No 2, Chris Ali Close, Lokoja, Kogi State.
- Doctors House By St Anthony School Offa rd. Ilorin, Kwara State
- 103 BODE THOMAS STREET, SURULERE, LAGOS
- NMA House, Behind NUJ House, Makurdi Road, Lafia, Nasarawa State
- NMA House, 3 Arm Zone, Eastern by –pass Minna, Niger State
- NMA House Lukosi Road, Leme Abeokuta, Ogun State
- NMA Secretariat, opp. Owena Motel, Igbatoro Road, Akure, Ondo State
- KM 4, Gbongan – Osogbo Express way, Osogbo.
- NMA House Queen Elizabeth Road, Total Garden, Ibadan, Oyo State
- NMA Plateau State Secretariat, first floor, NICON Plaza, Joseph Gomwalk, Secretariat Road, Jos
- Doctors House, No 158,Old Airport Runway, Sokoto.
- Doctors House, Gujba-Maiduguri byepass, Damaturu, Yobe State.
- Road, close to Ministry for Chieftaincy affairs. Opp. NAN. Gusau.
- Plot 111, Cadastral Zone C10, Wumba District, Abuja. FCT
Phone No & Emails
- Phone No: 0803 587 0494, 0806 610 2538
- Email: info@nationalnma.org
Operation Hours
| Monday | 8 am – 4 pm |
| Tuesday | 8 am – 4 pm |
| Wednesday | 8 am – 4 pm |
| Thursday | 8 am – 4 pm |
| Friday | 8 am – 4 pm |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
