Doctors in Diaspora are to hold, for the first time in Nigeria, their yearly global infectious diseases initiative today at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos.
The event is being facilitated by Dr. Folarin Olubowale, a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases.
He said this is 10th edition of the semiar and that it is aimed at helping them to find ways to eradicate the diseases.
The decision to hold the first African edition in Nigeria, instead of the United States, where it had been holding, he said, was to enable doctors tackle infectious diseases.
The event will feature lectures by medical practitioners and the focus will be to create awareness on the diseases, seek collaboration, and scholarship funding; develop a centre of excellence for infectious diseases in the country.
A 2.5-credit point will be awarded to participating medical students for their continuous medical education (CME) training.
Speakers expected are Dr. Regis Nadin, an Haitian-American emergency medicine physician; Dr. Yoav Golan, a practitioner at Tufts Medical Centre, Boston, Massachussetts , US and Prof Folashade Tolulope Ogunsola of the Clinical Microbiology Deparment at the University of Lagos (UNILAG).
According to Public Health Physician, National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Dr. Chira Udoka, the seminar will equip participants with the expertise to manage some diseases.
“Nigeria is chosen because we want to give back to our homeland. That is why we, in the western world, know that we are not immune to these diseases. The initiative will help to showcase control strategies, prevention and control; so, it does not go around.
“The recent findings on diseases, such as malaria, Ebola, and meningitis, which Nigeria will benefit from, will help us to know what we are dealing with,” Udoka said.
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