1 month ago
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By Bashir Bello
KANO – The Guild of Medical Laboratory Directors of Nigeria, GMLD person lamented implicit what they described arsenic overwhelming dependence connected imported diagnostic devices and reagents, calling for a displacement to home-grown solutions.
The guild’s National President, Dr. Samuel Oludare made this known during the opening ceremonial of it yearly technological league successful Kano.
Oludare noted that the inclination of overdependence is not conscionable an economical contented but a substance of nationalist information and survival.
According to him, “Today, our federation faces a stark reality: the overwhelming dependence connected imported diagnostic reagents which are the backbone of modern medicine, indispensable for close diagnosis, monitoring and treatment; yet, twelvemonth aft year, billions of our scarce overseas resources are expended to import implicit 70%-80% of these materials which we person the knowledge, capableness and expertise to nutrient in- country.
“Whereas, the planetary In-Vitro Diagnostics marketplace was valued astatine $92.5 cardinal successful 2022 and is projected to scope $138.4 cardinal by 2032, increasing astatine a compound yearly maturation complaint (CAGR) of 4.1% from 2023 to 2032. In the United States alone, the In-Vitro Diagnostics marketplace size was estimated astatine $29.86 cardinal successful 2023 and is expected to turn astatine a CAGR of 3.70% from 2024 to 2030.
“Nigeria and so Africa with a colonisation of 1,556,249,749 peoples arsenic of September 11, 2025, which is equivalent to 18.83% of the full satellite colonisation (based connected Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data) boast of immense marketplace taking vantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement which commenced cognition successful January 1, 2021.
“This is not conscionable an economical contented alone, it is simply a substance of nationalist information and survival. It exposes america to planetary proviso concatenation disruptions arsenic we witnessed during the COVID-19 pandemic whereby flights were grounded, borders unopen and our laboratories were near stranded incapable to import indispensable reagents for diagnosis. It undermines our economical sovereignty and limits opportunities for our Medical Laboratory Scientists, industries and entrepreneurs.
“At the aforesaid time, we question collaboration successful research, concern and capacity-building. We besides telephone connected Entrepreneurs, Investors and Development partners to articulation hands with america successful this transformative agenda.
“Together, we volition physique a healthcare strategy that is not babelike but dynamic, not reactive but resilient, not consumer-based but production-driven. In this vision, determination are nary losers. A much resilient Asia, a stronger Europe and US and a self-reliant Africa are victories for planetary wellness security, wherein wherever we person decentralized innovation, diversified proviso chains and shared capacity, the full satellite basal stronger.
“Let america truthful emergence to this challenge, fto america summon the aforesaid determination and resilience with which we overcame the pandemic diseases of Ebola and COVID-19. This is different conflict a conflict for technological freedom, for economical independency and for nationalist pride.
“This year’s taxable “From Import Dependency to Indigenous Solutions: Strengthening Nigeria’s Diagnostic Sovereignty” promises to beryllium a crippled changer successful the attack and transportation of world-standard aesculapian laboratory work to Nigerians. Gathered present to espouse the taxable are immoderate of our nation’s brightest minds: Medical Laboratory Scientists of planetary repute, Researchers, Innovators, and different Healthcare Professionals whose enactment is cardinal to our wellness and wide wellbeing arsenic a people.
“Let this league beryllium remembered arsenic the turning constituent erstwhile our federation chose innovation implicit dependency, accumulation implicit importation and self-reliance implicit vulnerability,” the National President, Oludare however, stated.
On his part, the Acting registrar and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria, MLSCN, Dr. Donald Ofili, dropped hint astir plans by the assemblage to embark connected inspection crossed the state to stamp retired quacks.
Ofili who said the inspection volition commence connected the 22nd of this month, said the workout became imperative to code malpractices that could person antagonistic interaction connected the representation of the profession.
Declaring the league open, Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf described the taxable of the league “From Import Dependency to Indigenous Solutions: Strengthening Nigeria’s Diagnostic Sovereignty” arsenic timely arsenic it volition marque Nigerians to person a alleviation from...
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