Lagos Medical Doctor Innovates New Approach to Treat Traders While in Market

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The Market Doctors initiative has reached over 400,000 patients. Health often takes a backseat in Nigeria’s bustling markets, where traders work from dawn to dusk.

A Lagos doctor has set up in a market to treat traders forced to prioritise work over their health. The Market Doctors initiative has reached over 400,000 patients. In Nigeria’s bustling markets, where traders work from dawn to dusk, health often takes a back -seat.

Many market women and men prioritise their businesses over doctor visits, sometimes ignoring health issues until they become serious problems.

Now the traders have become familiar with another business plying for trade in the marketplace: Doctor Yetunde Ayo-Oyalowo, a health entrepreneur. Ayo-Oyalowo recognised the need to bridge the gap in healthcare access for underserved communities. Rather than waiting for patients to visit clinics, she brings healthcare directly to them. She sets up mobile medical stations in the markets, offering consultations, health screenings, and minor treatment at affordable rates.

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Ayo-Oyalowo launched the project in 2017. She employs 17 people and works with hundreds of volunteers. Some of her funding comes from private or corporate donations. It’s desperately needed work in Nigeria, where the World Health Organisation has recommended there be 10 doctors per 10,000 people – in reality, there are just 4.