– A world-renowned cancer researcher and professor of pharmacology, Professor Isa Marte Hussaini is set to visit Nigeria
– Hussaini will be attending the induction of six professionals at the Nigeria Academy of Pharma*y
– The six professionals were painstakingly selected from a diverse pool of practice areas
The Nigeria Academy of Pharma*y will on Thursday, September 28, induct six professionals into its esteemed ranks.
This was disclosed by Professor Fola Tayo, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Caleb University, who also doubles as the general secretary of the academy.
According to Professor Tayo, the event will be headlined by a keynote presentation by Professor Isa Marte Hussaini.
Professor Isa Marte Hussaini is a world-renowned cancer researcher and professor of pharmacology. Photo credit: Bemigho Awala
A world-renowned cancer researcher and professor of pharmacology, Hussaini’s work is particularly hallmarked by its focus on the use of local herbs in cancer therapy.
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Cancer, said Tayo is a chronic disease condition for which the scientific community is still grappling with the need to better understand in order to proffer more effective preventive, management and curative approaches.
His words: “Professor Hussaini’s work is a tribute to academic excellence and apart from informing society about the progress he has made so far, we also want to inspire the rest of the scientific community and keep the quest for research into problems that afflict mankind, on the front-burner.”
The six eminent professionals who are billed to be inducted into the academy, said Tayo, have been painstakingly selected from a diverse pool of practice areas.
“Beyond the fact that they are distinguished in their various practice areas, each inductee possesses a mindset and disposition that align with the Academy’s mission and reason for being,” he added.
The Nigeria Academy of Pharma*y is a specialized academy that among others, seeks to promote scientific research and professional development especially in the health, pharmaceu*tical and related sectors in order to help overcome challenges posed by pain and disease as well as fast-track social and economic development in Nigeria and beyond.
Last July, the academy brought together, professionals drawn from the health sciences – medicine, pharma*y, nursing, medical laboratory sciences, physiotherapy and others – to brainstorm and proffer solutions on the subject of inter-professional collaboration, against the backdrop of the animosity and inter-professional rivalry that exists in Nigeria’s healthcare sector.
The academy has also been active at jointly reviewing the training curriculum for pharmacists in order to enable the profession keep pace with global developments such that the professionals remain relevant to the needs and aspirations of patients and the larger society.
The academy is the fifth such specialized academies in Nigeria, with others being the Academies of Science, Letters, Arts and Engineering respectively.
Meanwhile, the immediate past governor of Ondo state, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has advised the federal government to pay critical attention to the high rate of maternal mortality in the country.
Mimiko gave the advise while speaking with journalists, on Friday, September 22, at the Chatham House in London.
The former governor delivered a paper on “Improving Access to Health Services for All” using his administration’s achievement in maternal and child health as a case study.
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