International Journal of
Nursing and Midwifery

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Nurs. Midwifery
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2456
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJNM
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 211

Review

Strategies for achieving the fourth and fifth millenium development goals in Nigeria: Nursing perspective

Akinwaare Margaret Omowaleola
  • Akinwaare Margaret Omowaleola
  • Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
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  •  Accepted: 29 July 2013
  •  Published: 30 September 2013

Abstract

Nigeria as a signatory to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) declaration has been making concerted effort to actualize these human development goals. She has put some strategies in place to specifically address the issue of health-related MDGs, especially MDGs 4 and 5. This paper therefore, reviewed some of the strategies put in place in order to achieve the fourth and fifth MDGs in Nigeria.

 

Key words: Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Nigeria, health-related MDGs