Nisa hosts Training on Assisted Reproductive Technology
Doctors in reproductive medicine concluded a year-long training programme on infertility and assisted reproductive technology for the Post Fellowship Diploma of the West African College of Surgeons.
The programme, hosted by Nisa Premier Hospital, Abuja, is for Consultant Gynaecologists to acquire knowledge and skills in advanced fertility treatments, providing participants hands-on training in in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and related technologies.
Programme Director, Dr. Ibrahim Wada, said Nisa Premier Hospital is determined to embrace advancement in medical practice; hence the need for continuous training.
He said: “The world is moving towards certifying basic minimum requirements for this kind of highly sensitive programme. And we are very happy to be the pioneer group that gave birth to this sub specialisation programme.”
He said the initiative provides post-training certification for doctors across Nigeria and West Africa, focusing primarily on peculiarities of the black population.
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Prof. Joseph Ikechebelum and Prof. Nkiruka Ameh, both members of the training faculty in advanced medical knowledge, expressed confidence in the ability of Nigerian doctors to provide specialist care.
Ikechebelum, Faculty Chairman of West African College of Surgeons, observed that “management of infertility and assisted reproductive technology is one of the sub-specialties in obstetrics and gynaecology. And for a long time, there was no certified, standardised training for gynaecologists in the area of infertility and assisted reproductive technology in the whole West African sub-region.”
Ameh described the fellowship programme as unique because fellows were trained with “our own patients – black women, Nigerian women, so they will fit better in the environment, and they will make management of infertility to be correctly done.”
Prof. Hajara Umar Suleiman, a participant, said most Nigerian doctors, who go abroad for specialist training in fertility treatment, were often denied physical interaction with patients.
“They tell you that you don’t have their country’s certificate to practice. But in this place, we spent one whole year and we had a lot of hands-on experience,” she said.
