It is with heavy hearts that the Paediatric Association of Nigeria mourns the passing of Professor Michael Okoeguale Ibadin, a renowned paediatrician, consultant paediatric nephrologist, and an astute health administrator, who served as the Chief Medical Director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) from 2009 to 2017.
It is with heavy hearts that the Paediatric Association of Nigeria mourns the passing of Professor Michael Okoeguale Ibadin, a renowned paediatrician, consultant paediatric nephrologist, and an astute health administrator, who served as the Chief Medical Director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) from 2009 to 2017.
Immunization is one of the most cost-effective public health tools for prevention of disease. Its benefits are well documented and include, but not limited to, eradication of smallpox (a dreaded disease), reduction of polio endemic countries from 125 to just 2 and reduction in global incidence of many diseases such as measles, diphtheria, and neonatal
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Vaccines are one of the most successful and cost-effective health interventions in history, saving an estimated 3.5 to 5 million lives per year. However, 25 million children still didn’t receive basic vaccines in 2021. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is committed to collaboration to ensure all children receive the full benefits of vaccines. Together,
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The Executive Committee of the Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) is calling on all eligible health care workers to apply for membership of the Association. PAN is a non-governmental, apolitical, not-for-profit professional Association of individuals specialised in the care of children. This call is for the following categories of PAN Membership: Ordinary Members: Physicians with
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The Executive Committee of the Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) is calling on all eligible health care workers to apply for membership of the Association. PAN is a non-governmental, apolitical, not-for-profit professional Association of individuals specialised in the care of children. This call is for the following categories of PAN Membership: Ordinary Members: Physicians with
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“Our time is now- our rights our future!” This is the 10th year of marking the International Day of the Girl Child. Globally, girls encounter exceptional challenges to their education, physical and mental well-being. PAN stands with the Girl Child!
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MANAGEMENT AND PREVECTION OF COVID-19
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PAN CELEBRATES WORLD PNEUMONIA DAY The Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN), on the occasion of the Year 2020 World Pneumonia Day (WPD), joins the global advocacy for a pneumonia-free society. Pneumonia is the highest cause of illness and death in Nigerian children accounting for 147,000 under-5 deaths in 2017. This year 2020 WPD is especially
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