Paediatrics Health Care in Nigeria: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Authors

  • Ajenifuja B

Abstract

In Nigeria the path towards emergence of paediatric 

care by paediatricians has been very long and 

tortuous. In the pre-colonial era it was the traditional 

Health practitioners who passed knowledge from 

generation to the other. They earned their living 

Faculty of Paediatrics National Postgraduate Medical College Ijanikan Lagos. 2011 Guest Lecturer, 

Dr. Bolaji Ajenifuja served as Secretary of Faculty of Paediatrics of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria for the first 14years after its inception and organized the early postgraduate examinations in Paediatrics.

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Published

2024-07-02

How to Cite

Paediatrics Health Care in Nigeria: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. (2024). NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS, 38(4), 146-158. https://www.njpaediatrics.com/index.php/njp/article/view/1113