By Ahmed Rahma
Clinician physician and public health expert, Dr Adepeju Adeniran; a public health practitioner and medical director, Dr Omadeli Boyo; and a teacher and nutritionist, Dr Beatrice Oganah-Ikujenyo have all confirmed participation in a special webinar session to deliberate on the urgent need to have a national nutrition policy that will address the rising deficiency in protein in Nigeria.
During the event, these experts and others will look into ways to combat and curtail the rising incidences of protein deficiency and general malnutrition across the country.
A statement from the organisers of the Protein Challenge Webinar Series said efforts would be made to engage with the federal government on the recommendations from the forum, which enters its sixth edition.
The theme of the programme taking place today, Thursday, November 26, 2020, via Zoom is The Case for a Protein-Centred National Nutrition Policy.
The session will be coordinated by a multiple award-winning broadcast journalist, tech enthusiast, TV host and Head of Presentation Unit at RAVETV, Mrs Louisa Olaniyi.
Dr Adepeju Adeniran, a proficient clinician with over 15 years’ experience in the Nigerian health care delivery space, also the co-founder and National Chair of the Nigerian Chapter of Women in Global Health, a multi-national movement of women in health care, devoted to global health improvement will be delivering the keynote speech at the webinar.
Other speakers on the panel include a public health practitioner and medical director of Pinecrest Specialist Hospital, Dr Boyo; as well as a nutritionist and Chief Lecturer in the Department of Home Economics, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Dr Oganah-Ikujenyo.
