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HISTORY OF THE ANGLOPHONE WEST
AFRICAN DIVISION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF
PATHOLOGY
1. The Anglophone West African Division of the
International Academy of Pathology (AWADIAP) was
inaugurated on 14th July 2005 at the Annual General
Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Association
of Pathologists of Nigeria (ASSOPON) at Muson
Centre, Lagos.
2. The Meeting adopted the constitution of the
Division and elected 3 officials to run its affairs
on a protem basis. The officials are
a. Professor John Olufemi Ogunbiyi President
b. Colonel (DR) Yawale Iliyasu Secretary General
c. Dr A.S Benebo Treasurer
3. Four days later, the Division filed a formal
letter to the Executive Committee of IAP for
ratification by the IAP Council. This took place
during the IAP Centennial Celebration in Montreal in
September 2006.AWADIAP is now a full fledge Division
of IAP. The formation of AWADIAP was facilitated by
the Friends of Africa.
4. The Friends of Africa is organization comprising
of Pathologists working in the US who teamed up with
United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)
for the sole purpose of advancing the frontiers of
pathology on the African continent. Their strategy
is divided into three parts:
a. Make educational materials such as e-journals
freely available to the Pathologists working in
Africa.
b. organize workshops, seminars, etc with their
African colleagues from time to time.
c. source and provide laboratory equipment vitally
needed all over Africa.
5. Members of Division have already started
receiving Modern Pathology and Archives of Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine. In addition, members have
access to the vast amount of educational material
freely available at USCAP website.
6.The Friends of Africa in conjunction with USCAP
and AWADIAP organized a Diagnostic Cytopathology
Update at UCH Ibadan between 20-26 August 2006.The
aim of the update was to improve diagnostic
expertise in cytopathology throughout the West
African sub-region. The update was very successful
and took place even before the new division was
ratified! This clearly demonstrated the commitment
of AWADIAP to realizing the objectives for which IAP
was established.
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