Global Health Core Programs

            This program has the following core areas of focus

	Cancer in Africa
	Bioethics
	Communication, Strategy and Negotiations
	Built Environment and Health
	Nutrition and Complex Diseases
	Health and Health Research Policies
	Injury and Trauma

	West African Bioethics
	West African Bioethics Training Program

          West African Bioethics Training Program supported MSc, MPhil/PhD program in Bioethics at the University of Ibadan

·         West African Bioethics Training Program launches its postgraduate degree programs in Bioethics at the University of Ibadan

·         WAB aims to take advantage of the rich cultural and colonial heritage of West Africa to develop robust research, training and service programs in Bioethics in West Africa.

·         This postgraduate program aims to build capacity for the ethical review of health research and to strengthen the capacity of the Ethics Committees in institutions throughout West Africa.

·         Furthermore, this program aims to produce bioethics experts who can contribute to the global bioethics discourse from a West African perspective

·         The degree program is designed to run in modules so that each course can also be taken as a standalone short course by those interested

Tobacco Control and Advocacy

           The role of tobacco Tobacco is the biggest cause of preventable death on earth today. As shown in the      

         picture from Colditz et al, tobacco and alcohol constitute major causes of cancer death attributable to non-

         genetic factors in the United States. The picture in developing countries is likely to be similar except that

         infections like Hepatitis B and C, HIV, Epstein - Barr virus, risky reproductive and sexual behavior and pollution

         are likely to be bigger contributors to cancer deaths. Regardless, tobacco consumption is increasing in

         developing countries. The prevalence of smoking among men in Africa was 29% and 4% among women in199734

         and it has been increasing since then. Recently, Nigeria commissioned an ultra modern tobacco manufacturing

         plant in Ibadan. If the disproportionate effect of smoking on disease