The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) is proud of a new partnership with the Occupational Health Unit at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan (COMUI), and the Society of Occupational and Environmental Health Physicians of Nigeria (SOEHPON).
The collaboration is providing a series of week-long occupational health training workshops to healthcare workers at all levels of health facilities in Oyo State. The training is aligned with the World Health Organization (WHO) & International Labour Organization (ILO) initiative on health of healthcare workers.
The first workshop started this month with a cohort of primary healthcare workers in the state. Particular congratulations to Professor Folashade Omokhodion, who, as principal investigator, has managed to get this off the ground despite the challenges of delays in the release of funds and ongoing political protests.
This project is a key investment in the health workforce of Oyo State and a crucial step towards achieving better health outcomes for the community and ultimately the country.
We are grateful to all colleagues contributing to the success of this project, including Dr Dorothy Ngajilo from the WHO and Dr Shriti Pattani, who is supporting NHS England’s Global Health Programme.
This SOM initiative with the University of Ibadan is part of the Global Health Workforce Programme (GHWP), funded by the UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) via the Tropical Health Education Trust (THET). Grant Manager for Nigeria is Ducit Blue Solutions.
See SOM President, Dr Lanre Ogunyemi, at the launch of the workshop in Nigeria below:
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