The National Agency for
Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has declared that the prevalent
use of skin bleaching creams in Nigeria has become a national health emergency.
The
director-general of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye, made the declaration at the Media
Sensitization Workshop on Dang£rs of Bleaching Creams and Regulatory Controls,
held in Kano on Thursday, February 9.
According
to her, “The World Health Organization study in 2018 revealed that the use of
skin bl£aching 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 bleaching 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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