The National Agency for Food and Drug administration Control ( NAFDAC) has declared that the Widespread use of skin bleaching creams in Nigeria has become a national health emergency.
This was declarerd by The director-general of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye, at the Media Sensitization Workshop on Dangers of Bleaching Creams and Regulatory Controls, held in Kano on Thursday, February 9.
In Mojisola Adeyeye words ,“The World Health Organization study in 2018 revealed that the use of skin bleaching cream is prevalent amongst 77 percent of Nigerian women, which is the highest in Africa compared to 59 percent in Togo, 35 percent in South Africa and 27 percent in Senegal.
These scary statistics have shown that the menace of bl£aching creams in Nigeria has become a national health emergency that requires a multi-faceted regulatory approach.
Part of the approach is consultative and sensitization meetings like this. Another is a heightened raid on the cream outlets.“
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