27.02.2008 - Source: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

Treatments options for infant with severe mental and physical handicaps ("a-5940-1 (ACC-NGA-5940)") [ID 23064]

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08.2006 - Source: Norwegian Country of Origin Information Center

According to Dr Ambrose Awogu resources for mentally ill persons are very limited ("Report on Fact-finding trip to Nigeria (Abuja, Lagos and Benin City) 12-26 March 2006") [ID 18814]

"According to Dr Ambrose Awogu (Abuja Clinics), the situation for the mentally ill is bad. The resources available in Nigeria are very limited, and there are few professionals with the appropriate background. There are only five functioning psychiatric hospitals, and people from all over the country go there to have their relatives admitted. Professor Abengowe emphasised the crowded conditions resulting from this situation, making the staff overworked and less efficient."

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10.2003 - Source: UK Home Office

Mental Health/Treatment for persons with disabilities ("Country Report - October 2003") [#17332],  [ID 15336]

"5.51 In 1992 Nigeria formulated a mental health policy based on advocacy, promotion, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. Training, research and management information systems are components of this policy.

5.52 Nigeria treats mental health as part of the primary healthcare system and treatment for severe mental disorders is available at the primary level. Manpower has been a problem for the Nigerian health system but NGOs have been helping to relieve the manpower shortages in some areas. There exists an essential drugs list (for therapeutic drugs), first formulated in 1991

5.53 The Government has called for private business to institute policies that ensured fair treatment for persons with disabilities, but has not enacted any laws requiring greater accessibility to buildings or public transportation, nor did it formulate any policy specifically ensuring the right of persons with disabilities to work. In August 2001, the Federal Government established vocational training centres in Abuja to provide training to beggars with disabilities."

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