Nigeria

Activities

Health Fair and Seminar
Ibadan, Nigeria, 31 May - 1 June 2007

There will be a display of all relevant anti-tobacco materials and posters at the medical students hostel on Day 1. A multi-departmental seminar will hold on 1st June at the Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, University College Hospital, Ibadan. In attendance will be medical students, doctors, other health workers and non-medical staff.

Contact: Dr Babatunde Joseph Adekunle, babsjadekunle@yahoo.com

Force for Change
Otukpo, Nigeria, 27 May - 2 June 2007

We are organising it with community youth for the first time. We hope to also carry a talk in the prison

Contact: Inalegwu Unji, slhd3@yahoo.com
Web site: http://www.orgsites.com/wy/slhd

Professional seminar on Smoke-Free Environment
Ibadan, Nigeria, 6 June 2007

The seminar will feature paper presentations on the role of public health physicians (Medical Officers of Health, Doctors in the State Ministry of Health, Consultant Public Health Physicians and Resident Doctors in Public Health/ Community Medicine) in development, support and maintenance of smoke-free environments as well as the relevance of harm reduction in tobacco control.

Contact: Dr Adesola O. Sangowawa, daisyolu@yahoo.co.uk