Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako, has called for urgent action to tackle the alarming prevalence of skin bleaching in Nigeria and across Africa. The minister made ...

Salako said despite the well-documented harmful effects, the use of skin-bleaching products like creams, ointments, soap, pills and injections is common among non-white populations throughout the ...

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Mr Salako noted that the awareness level of skin bleaching is high at over 76 per cent, with close to 40 per cent believing it makes one look beautiful and fashionable. The Minister of State for ...

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Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, has raised the need to revive the “Black is Beautiful” movement, celebrating Afrocentric beauty and dismantling ...

The World Health Organization warns that skin bleaching has become a public health concern as products pose grave health dangers to users due to the presence of agents such as mercury and ...

The government has warned against the use of skin bleaching products, a practice that is widespread in the country - and across the region - despite their well-documented harmful effects.

He said the use of skin-bleaching products like creams, ointments, soap, pills and injections is common among non-white populations worldwide. “Nigeria may have been called ‘the world capital ...

The Minister noted that the initiative becomes imperative considering the health implications of skin bleaching. Nigeria has the world’s highest prevalence of skin-lightening product use ...