Public Health Lecture: First Ever Med Lab Scientist in Nigeria Returns With a Lecture in Vom

The third edition of the Pa Shonekan Annual Public Health Lecture coinciding with the 3rd year anniversary of the rememberance of Late Pa Rapahel A Shonekan, is all set to hold at the main auditorium of National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI), Vom between 27^th and 30^th November, 2018
 
The event is the initiative of the executive members of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN), NVRI Vom geared towards sensitizing the public about trending public health issues and in the process build capacity of professionals towards greater productivity.
 
According to the chairman of AMLSN NVRI Vom, Solomon Chollom, the lecture is partly to immortalize Late Pa Raphael A. Shonekan who doubled as first certified medical laboratory scientist in Nigeria and first to be employed by the prestigious National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom
 
The first edition of the lecture focused of Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases with focus on Lassa Fever virus. The second edition focused on Antimicrobial Stewardship as a Neglected Public Health Essential.
 
This year’s edition according to organizers has the theme: One World, One Health: Re-basing our Approach to Public Health Concerns with Dr Moses D. Lugos, as Guest Speaker. Richly assembled subthemes include:

1. Medical and Veterinary Waste Management in Nigeria: The gaps, the gaffes and the guide – Dr Reng, Provost, College of Health Technology, Zawan
2. Veterinary Vaccines Production in Nigeria: The leaps and the ills- Dr Manasa Sugun, NVRI Vom
3. Designing and Implementing Sustainable Institutional Disease Surveillance Systems- Dr Jonathan Ibrahim
4. Zoonotic Diseases: Sources, Triggers and Control- Dr Sati Ngulukun, NVRI, Vom
5. Mainstreaming the One World, One health Philosophy in Nigeria’s Medical and Veterinary Services and Administration- Scientist Bot Yakubu Sunday, Chairman AMLSN Plateau State Branch
6. Overcoming the Public Health Logistics Challenges in Nigeria- Scientist David Y. Bot, Snr Lecturer, Dept of Med Lab Sciences, University of Jos
7. Disease Modeling Employing Remote-Sensed Data- Dr Adigun Abbas Bolaji, National Centre for Remote Sensing, Jos

 
A quick check into the registration log shows that health and veterinary-related professionals from various part of the country have started registering in earnest to attend the lecture which the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria has graded and awarded 4CPD units