Category: Health & Environment

Dr. Kingsley Akinroye has been presented with the Lion of Finland Knight Award in recognition of his contributions in the area of health and education associating with Finland in the last 25 years.

Dr. Kingsley Akinroye, renowned cardiologist and the Executive Director of the Nigerian Heart Foundation (NHF) was presented the award by the Ambassador of Finland to Nigeria, Dr. Jyrki Pulkkinen in Abuja as part of its activities to mark its 103rd independence.

Dr. Akinroye is an experienced physician and global health leader with over two decades of work focused on cardiovascular health and non-communicable diseases.

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Iroro Tanshi has emerged winner of the Future for Nature Awards 2020 alongside two others out of 124 entries from other parts of the world.

Iroro Tanshi (Nigeria), María Fernanda Puerto-Carrillo (Venezuela), and Tjalle Boorsma (the Netherlands / Bolivia) were adjudged winners of this year’s prize.

Iroro Tanshi, Nigerian biologist and dedicated bat specialist becomes the first African female to win this coveted prize.

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Abiola Fashina has emerged the winner of the maiden edition of the ISN Medical Laboratory Scientist of the Year Award instituted to recognize and reward the unsung heroes (Medical Laboratory Scientists) of medical practice in Nigeria.

Abiola Fashina, a medical laboratory scientist who works at the University of Lagos Medical Centre was declared the winner of the award at the grand finale held on November 27, 2020, at Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.

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Tolulope Olukokun, Bilkisu Graba-Dallo and Adejoke Lasisi have been rewarded by Sweden and Eleven Eleven Twelve Foundation at the 2020 African Green Award Boot Camp.

The Africa Green Grant is an initiative to promote the sustainability of the environment by supporting African youth in the designing and implementation of their ideas. The Awards are for young innovators in Africa and it seeks to encourage them and spur more youths to action.

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Olukayode Paul Oluwadare, has been awarded the 2020 Global Animal Welfare Award by the World Veterinary Association (WVA) and Ceva Santé Animale.

Olukayode Paul Oluwadare who is Chief Animal Health Technologist at the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan, is the author of 14 textbooks addressing topics in animal health and welfare and is a leading exponent of animal welfare delivery in Nigeria.

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The African Centre of Excellence for the Genomics of Infectious Disease (ACEGID), Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, has been named one of the regional repository and bioinformatics centres by the WHO and Africa CDC to provide sequencing, data analysis and other technical support services to the countries where they are located as well as to neighbouring countries and countries in their sub-regions.

This development was announced on Thursday, September 10, by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through a press release announcing the launch of a network of laboratories to reinforce genome sequencing of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, in Africa.

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ColdHubs Limited has emerged Sustainable and Healthy Food For All winner at the 2020 Mohammed Bin Rashid Initiative For Global Prosperity (Cohort 2).

Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu’s ColdHubs is among four companies to win a $1 million (Dh3.67 million) Global Maker Challenge innovation prize set up by Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity.

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