Nisa Premier Hospital, Abuja has hosted a year-long training program in infertility and assisted reproductive technology for the Post Fellowship Diploma of the West African College of Surgeons. The post fellowship program is for consultant gynaecologists to acquire knowledge and skills in advanced fertility treatments, providing participants hands-on training in in vitro fertilization (IVF) and related technologies.
Programme director, Dr Ibrahim Wada, said Nisa Premier Hospital was determined to embrace advancement in medical practice, hence the need for continuous training.
“The world is moving towards certifying basic minimum requirements for this kind of highly sensitive program. And we are very happy to be the pioneer group that gave birth to this sub specialization program,” he said.
He said the program provides post-training certification for doctors across Nigeria and West Africa, focusing primarily on the peculiarities of the black population.
Prof Joseph Ikechebelum and Professor Nkiruka Ameh, both members of the training faculty in advanced medical knowledge, expressed confidence in the ability of Nigerian doctors to provide specialist care.
Prof. Ikechebelum, faculty chairman of West African College of Surgeons, said; “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, standardized training for gyneacologists in the area of infertility and assisted reproductive technology in the whole West African sub-region.”
Nisa Premier Hospital was in 2014 accredited for Post Graduate Residency Training in several specialties including obstetrics and gynecology, family medicine, pediatrics, and anesthesia. The hospital remains the only center accredited in the whole of West Africa for Post Fellowship Diploma Training in Assisted Reproductive Technology.
