Academic Memoir

                                 ^{Academic Procession of  resident and visiting university professors and directors from}

                              ^{different Nigerian institutions in attendance during Professor Mba Ogbureke Okoronkwo's}

                               ^{Inaugural Lecture at the National Open Universiy of Nigeria in April 19, 2011.}

 ^{NIGERIA TO HOST THE 2013 SEVENTH ANNUAL PAN COMMONWEALTH}

^{FORUM ON OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING (PCF7) TO BE HELD AT}

^{NOUN, ABUJA OFFICE, NIGERIA.} 

The plan for the forthcoming Seventh Pan Commonwealth Conference  on Open and

Distance Learning (PCF7) coming up in December (2-7), 2013 is now in top gear.

The Local Organizing Committee chaired by Professor Mba O. Okoronkwo, OON will be

receiving a team from the Commonwealth of Learning on November 5&6 at NOUN, Abuja

Office. The team is coming to assess the extent of readiness of the LOC with a

view to assisting with suggestions and materials to ensure success. This is the first time

Nigeria is hosting the Pan Commonwealth Conference which involves all the 54 nations of

the Commonwealth. We cannot afford to fail the nation.

(Posted October 30, 2012)

^{WEBSITE POSTING ERROR AND CORRECTION HERE}

The accrediting body for the Medical Laboratory Conference Committee is the

Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria, and not the Nigerian Medical

Association (NMA) as erroneously reported in an article on Sir, Professor Mba

Okoronkwo, OON' s lecture invitation by Medic West African Conference held

at Eko Hotel, Lagos in October 16-18, 2012.

Posted October 27, 2012

THE HEALTH ISSUES OF THE DEVASTATING

INTESTINAL PARASITES AND INFECTIONS

ADDRESSED BY SIR, PROFESSOR MBA

O. OKORONKWO, OON IN HIS RECENT LECTURE

AT THE MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE

 ( Posting date: October 24, 2012 )

Sir, Professor Mba Okoronkwo, OON's lecture topic delivered at Medic West

Africa Medical and Diagnostic Conference held at Eko Hotel, Lagos, October

16-18, 2012:

           " PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES OF PARASITIC INFECTIONS :

                      MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC INTERVENTIONS".

Professor Okoronkwo's first paragraph of his lecture highlights the urgency of public

health issue of intestinal parasites and other parasites as a global issue that needs to be

addressed. He states in part:

" Parasitic infections is considered to be a public health challenge of global  importance.

They affect an estimated 3.5 billion persons. and cause clinical morbidity in

approximately 450 million (WHO 2000). The amount of harm caused by parasite

infections to the health and welfare of individuals and communities depends on :

a. The parasite species;

;b. The intensity and cause of the infection;

c. The nature of the infection between the parasite species and concurrent infections;

d. The nutritional and immunological status of the population, and

e. Numerous socioeconomic factors.

All the five factors above may be modulated by seasonal and climatic factors\

(WHO Expert Committee on Prevention and Control of Intestinal Parasite

Infections.1986) "

The complete Lecture documents are uploaded below, at the bottom of the page 

for public access. Please you may download if you wish.

 Medic West Africa's 11th Annual Medical and Scientific

Conference to be held at Eko Hotel Conference and

Exhibition Centre, Lagos, Nigeria on October 16-18, 2012.

Sir, Professor Mba O. Okoronkwo, PhD, OON is invited as a Guest Speaker

among other experts in Medical Laboratory Sciences of Nigeria, an

important Conference of this Exhibition Provider-Informa event. 

 The significance of this Conference of Medical Scientific Programme

Committee is the accreditation of the Medical Laboratory Conference by the

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). 

 Medic West Africa is a brand of Medic Africa, a Medical and Scientific

Programme Committee which originated in Nigeria in 1986, moving

from Addis Ababa to Abidjan,Tripoli to Harare and all points between.The

2012 Conference is it's 36th's since inception. The Medic West African

brand will be held annually and located in Lagos, Nigeria. Information

Source: Hayley Holbrook, DMD,

Senior Congress Event Coordinator  

Website Address: www.informaexhibitions.com                   

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   HEALTH  CARE  PERSONNEL WANTED  URGENTLY!!

                                             September 16, 2012

A rural community hospital is accepting applications from qualified

d health care personnel from around the world for volunteer or for

tenure. We need your expertise.

                                         by

 Management Board, Chijioke Osogho Memorial Methodist

Hospital, Apuanu Item, Abia State, Nigeria.

WHERE:

Apuanu Item, a rural community, Bende Local Government Area,

Abia State, Nigeria.

HOSPITAL: 

Chijioke Osogho Memorial Methodist Hospital, a state-of-the-art

medical facility.

PERSONNEL NEED:

The hospital Management Board is seeking applications from qualified

health care personnel in the following fields of expertise: clinician.

sugeon. pharmacist. paediatrist. gynecologist medical scientist. Other

medical experts not listed may also apply.

REGIONS OF SOLICITATION:

Applicants may originate from the Americas, Europe, Asia, the

Oceana and from other places.

VOLUNTEER/ TENURE CONSIDERED: 

As a maiden hospital we need a lot of volunteer experts in all fields. We are

also considering salary requests from tenured applicants.

HOSPITAL HISTORY:

This 12  bed hospital was single handedly built and donated to Methodist Church Nigeria 

by Sir, Chief,  Ndukwe Osogho Ajala , OON, an industral chemist and a philanthropist in

2002. Chief Ajala is the son of Chief Osogho Ajala a decorated elder with chieftaincy

title and a ddressed as Chief Osgho Ajala, Ogechi 1 of Item. In recent years the hospital

has received a wide  community help from tfrom the Association of Rural  Surgical

Practitioners of Nigeria, area churches, and community groups including Owan

Professionals  Foundation whose  chairman, Sir, Professor Mba Ogbureke

Okkoronkwo, OON., Deputy  Vice Chancellor, Academic, National

Open University of Nigeria who was able to get support  from the

medical  community for volunteer medical services. Volunteer surgeons, 

eye doctors , and other health care personnel. volunteered their  services for 

numerous hours and days to many lives in the community.

TERSTIMONY OF ACUTE NEED OF MEDICAL 

PRACTITIONERS:

: The photo below shows patients who travelled fromgreat distances

from around the neighboring towns lined up for an opportunity to

receive eye treatment during the recent visit of Pro Bono eye doctors 

and specialists at the hospital court yard in Apuanu Item a few month

 ago. Over 750  patients came and took their positions in line. Only

few, about 250 patients eceived treatment. Great many were turned

away, as there were only few medical specialista available then.

Now Chijioke Osogho Memorial Methodist Hospital Management

Board strives to meet the challenge by expanding the facility and

increase the hospital personnel to meet the need.of communities

whose residents must come to the hospital for emergency health

needs, including:

 Below  Eye patients waiting for an opportunity to be seen by 

the eye doctor for treatment at Chijioke Osogho Memorial Medical

                             Hospital,  Apuanu Item, 

All photos courtesy: www.drmbaogburekeokoronkwo.com

      Photo below: Exterior front view of 

   COMMH HOSPITAL, Apuanu Item,

                Abia State Nigeria.

Amaokwe  Item, Okoko Item,  Nkporo, Ameke Item, Alayi, Abriba,  Igbere,

Uzuakoli, Okigwe, and other  neighboring communities.  Applicants

must be aware that the hospital is situated in the rural south eastern 

part of Abia State, Nigeria.

MAILING ADDRESS:

Interested applicants may request more details or send their resume

and salary desired if applicable  to COMMH Management Board,

attention: Sir, Professor Mba O. Okoronkwo, 14/16 Ahmadu Bello Way,

Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.                                                                                                              

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             Professor Mba Ogbureke Okoronkwo, OON's

               academic activities update August 20, 2012

                 Professor Mba Ogbureke Okoronkwo, OON to lead

                   an academic delegation of NOUN experts to Open

                                 Universities of Sudan and Dubai

Professor Mba Ogbureke Okoronkwo, OON, scheduled  to lead a team of Council Sub Committee Members at NOUN to Open Universities of Sudan and Dubai to look at the academic structure of these sister universities. "They may serve as a template"  for NOUN. Professor Okoronkwo and team will first visit Sudan, then Dubai, Sunday 26 through September 2, 2012, the date of their departure. Visual images of the two campuses are shown below with students.

         Main headquarters of Open University of  Sudan

        Photo Courtesy: en.wikipedia..org                                                           University of Dubai Campus

                                                                           Photo Courtesy: hw.ac.uk

 3,000 Sudanese Open University students graduated May 15, 2011. Sudanese Minister of Education was one

  Photo Courtesy: unamidunmissions.gov                          of the speakers during the 2011 Open University

                                                                                      graduation ceremonies in May 15, 2011.      

                                                                                      Photo Courtesy: unamidunmissions.gov                         

                                              Second hehind        

                           Professor Mba Ogbureke Okoronkwo, OON

                              His Inaugural Address day in April 19, 2011

                           At the National Open University of Nigeria

Professor Mba Okoronkwo, second behind at the grounds of the National Open University of Nigeria,

where he delivered his Inaugural Lecture in April 19, 2011.This page is devoted principally to present

academic accomplishments,updates and news focused on Professor Okoronkwo. Also as a scholar

whose merit is measured by his writings and presentations, he has written numerous articles many of

which have been featured in scientific and academic journals in Nigeria and Internationally.A few of his

works and other documents are listed below for our viewers' access and appreciation: 

1.  " Citation"

2.  " Introduction to the Concept of Open and Distant Learning for (NOUN)."

3.   " Expanding Access to Tertiary Education: Open and Distant Learning"

4.   " Global Economic Meltdown in Sub Saharan African Countries"

5.  " Apuanu Item Professional Forum Proposal"

6.   "The History of Item"

7.   " Professor Okoronkwo's Inaugural Lecture"

8. "Taking Nigeria's Education to Excellence Through the

      Open and Distance Learning Mode"

9. "Climate Change and Healkth Implications"

 Academic Lecture Announcement  

In August 25, 2011, Professor Mba Okoronkwo was an invited Lecturer and Speaker at a Literary

Conference of Uzuakoli Methodist College Old Boys Association (UMCOBA), his Alma Mater, in

collaboration with the National  Open University of Nigeria. His lecture topic was " Taking

Nigeria's Education to Excellence Through Open and Distance Learning Mode ". You may

access the paper by opening the links below..  

Professor Joy Eyisi, Ph.D in English, a lady of great honor and respect, on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the National

Open University of Nigeria made introductory remarks about Professor Mba O. Okoronkwo, OON and presented him a

Citation for his academic accomplishments  on the day of his Inaugural Lecture, April 19, 2011.        

For a show of strength and respect Professor Mba   

Okoronkwo's academic colleagues were present at

his momentous Inaugural Lecture in April 19, 2011 at the

National Open University of Nigeria, Lagos, Campus.

News Flash

Professor Mba Okoronkwo flew to Bali, Indonesia this morning, September 29th, 2011, to attend the

Conference of the International Council for Distance Education (ICDE). He is the Chairman of the Local

Organizing Committee of the Seventh Pan-Commonwealth Conference on Distance Learning (PCF7

, which Nigeria is co-hosting with the Commonwealth of Learning. "The National Open University of Nigeria

is the key driver to the conference, while the Federal Ministry of Education is the Chief Host."                                   

Academic Conference and Proposal Update

Professor Mba Ogbureke Okoronkwo, OON proposes " Training for Rural Surgery" at Surgical

Conferences scheduled November 16-19, 2011, at Awojobi Clinic Eruwa, Eruwa, Oyo State, Nigeria.

November 16-19, 2011 marks the Biennial Conference at the International Federation of Rural Surgery

(IFRS), and Fourth Annual Conference  of the Association of Rural Surgical Practitioners of Nigeria

(ARSPON) to be held at Awojobi Clinic Eruwa, Eruwa, Oyo State, Nigeria, Dr. Oluyombe Awojobi, Chief

Physician. Professor  Mba Ogbureke Okoronkwo, OON, PhD, Professor of Environmental Parasitology

, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic, National Open University of Nigeria is invited as a Guest of Honor at

  this conference, during which time he intends to present a proposal, entitled: " TRAINING FOR RURAL

                            SURGERY" , as an academic program of the National Open University of Nigeria

Professor Mba O. Okoronkwo, OON has been appointed as the next

Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria.

        Dr.G.C. Okara, National President of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria's e-mail

        to Prof. Mba. O. Okoronkwo, confirming his appointment by the Association of Medical Laboratory

        Scientists of Nigeria as the next Editor-in-Chief of it's academic Journal is reprinted below, and followed by

        an uploaded version of the original appointetment letter for public view.

Dr.G.C.Okara's e-mail dated November 21, 2011 is as

" Dear Prof., Please see the attached letter conveying the decision of our Association to appoint you as thenext  Editor-in-Chief of  the Journal of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria. It is our hopethat you will  bring your rich academic and professionaexperience to bear positively on thequality and timely production of the Journal. Thank You. Dr. G.C Okara, National President "

Professor Mba Ogbureke Okoronkwo, OON Slated for

Harvard University Workshop in March, 2012

Professor Mba Ogbureke Okoronkwo, OON, who was recently appointed the Editor-In-Chief of the

Journal of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria has been registered for a Workshop

on "Management Skills for Environmental Health and Safety Professionals", holding at Harvard

University School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A 26-28 March, 2012.

Professor Okoronkwo's other March 2012 academic schedule is a Guest Lecturer at Annual

Public Health Lecture and Special General Meeting of the Association of Medical Laboratory

Sciences, which he is alsoattending as it's  Editor-In-Chief. This event will be held at Ondo State University

, Akure, Nigeria, March 1-2, 2012.

" Climate Change and Health Implications"

Professor Mba O. Okoronkwo's recent lecture presentation

A copy of an academic paper entitled: " Public Health Significance of Climate

Change in Nigeria" is now available in this website, uploaded at the bottom of this

page and can be opened and accessed. It is Professor Mba O.Okoronkwo's

presentation as a Guest Lecturer at the meeting of the Association of Medical

Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, which took place at Ondo State University,and was

held at the Parliament Hotel, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria in

March 1-2, 2012

Professor Mba Okoronkwo scheduled to Depart to the

United States for an Academic Conference on April 8, 2012

The National Open University of Nigeria has recently entered into a

Memorandum of Understanding with Albany State University (ASU), Albany,

Georgia, U.S.A. In pursuance of this memorandum, Professor Mba

Okoronkwo is delegated to represent NOUN at a conference scheduled to

commence April 9, 2012 at the ASU campus.