Yobe Partners London Varsity to Tackle Kidney Disease
Yobe State Government, yesterday, said that it would partner with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London University College, to tackle kidney disease in the state.
This was contained in a statement by Governor Mai Mala Buni’s Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, Mamman Mohammed, in Damaturu.“Yobe Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has taken the fight against kidney disease affecting the state to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the London University College.
“The governor, in a meeting with renowned epidemiologists, said the state lost many people living on the banks of River Yobe to kidney failure, and many more are now patients of the disease.
“The figure of people dying and others as patients is very worrisome and that calls for quick action to save the communities.
“I am equally worried that a large number of the productive population are getting more affected,” he said.
Mohammed said the governor had called for a quick and active intervention to save the people, assuring that his administration was prepared for every partnership and collaboration that would provide a solution to the menace.
Meanwhile, an epidemiologist at the College, Prof. Neil Peace, said the data generated would be used to establish the causative agents, which would push for finding a solution.
Also, a nephrologist at the College, who specialises in population-based clinical and laboratory studies, Prof. Ben Caplin, noted that it was important to establish the causes of the disease.
He commended Buni for his interest in finding solutions to the problem facing the communities.
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IN another development, the Principal Group Leader of Francis Crick Institute (FCI), London, Prof. Jonathan Stoye, has said that Yobe Biomedical Research Centre (YBRC) will boost investments and research in the health and other sectors of the economy.
According to him, the Yobe State government’s commitment to biomedical research and training are huge investments in the state and country. Stoye, who disclosed this, yesterday, when the state governor, Mai Mala Buni, paid an official working visit to the FCI in London, United Kingdom (UK), said that the Institute is Europe’s largest research institute and a credible global research and training centre.
The FCI boss said: “Yobe State government’s collaboration with research institutions will be a treasure for economic development and growth of the state in Nigeria. It will also secure the future of youths and others generations in the state.”
“There is the wisdom of establishing YBRC at the state’s university. The Centre will be linked with Yobe State Teaching Hospital (YTH) to promote scientific research and training.”
Besides, he said that the research findings would boost healthcare delivery services to the people in communities. He, therefore, congratulated the governor for what he has done to the state and the people.
Stoye, who reiterated that the YBRC would be used for research and training in diagnosis and drug discovery vaccine development, said: “The Biomedical Research Centre in Damaturu will engage in the study of human biology, diseases and healthcare development projects.”
Meanwhile, the governor, in his brief remarks, expressed his readiness to develop and sustain the research and training centre to the global best practices.
Besides, he said the state government would establish more areas of collaboration that would fast track the development of the centre.
“I want to assure you that we will work assiduously not just to maintain this collaboration but to strengthen it.
“The state government has awarded a N160 million contract for the construction of a dedicated site for the research and training centre,” he said.
