The Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN) Rivers State Chapter is a branch of the Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN), affiliated to the Nigerian Medical Association and the Medical Women’s International Association. The Association with its motto, – ‘Matris Animo Curant’ – Healing with the love of a mother is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organisation that provides a forum where female medical doctors and dentists discuss and implement programmes aimed at improving health, especially of women and children.