What Nigerian data-protection law asks of a hospital that keeps records
Health data is sensitive data under the Nigeria Data Protection Act. Its directive adds registration, an assessment before you start and a 72-hour clock.
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Regulation and data protection
The Nigerian rules for a practice holding patient data: the Data Protection Act and its directive, the National Health Act and the policy behind them.
What Nigeria's digital-health direction means for a private hospital
Two questions practices ask about national policy. Must records be held in Nigeria, and is there a certification to buy? Both have clear answers today.
Notifiable disease reporting starts in the patient folder
A survey of 507 private facilities in South-West Nigeria found 40% reporting notifiable diseases routinely. The reasons start in the folder.