Dr Bola Olaosebikan,
Nigerian medical doctor renowned for his efforts in combating malaria, will
this weekend take his battle against the disease to CNN International’s African
Voices.
The writer, founder/ publisher of Health
Care, Nigeria’s first health magazine, will be the star guest of this
weekend’s edition of the 30-minute magazine programme which is sponsored by
national telecoms company, Globacom.
Dr Olaosebikan is a versatile health professional and
Nigeria’s pioneer health strategist for preventive health care herbal
health consultant. The programme discussion will
focus on his contributions to checkmating one of Africa’s biggest health
challenges, the malaria scourge. The physician will discuss the potentials of natural ingredients in tackling the problem, and how he
is using herbs to create products that he hopes can help supplement
conventional medicine in combating malaria.
The programme will run at 4.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m.
on Saturday and at 12.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. on Sunday. Further repeats will be
broadcast on Monday at 11:30am and on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
Dr Olaosebikan will talk about his Healthcare
Herbal Products (HCP), and the company’s mission to deliver good health to the
people nationwide and globally using scientific and modern methods of manufacturing
and marketing to Nigerians, Africans and global clients.
He attended the Kwara State College of
Technology and the University of Ibadan College of Medicine, where he obtained
an MBBS degree. He was the National Assistant Secretary General of the Nigeria
Medical Association in 1985; board member of Lagos State Hospital Management
Board and former Commissioner of Health in Kwara State.
Olaosebikan founded Health Care magazine in
1986, and runs Sunrise Clinic based in Lagos. He was appointed commissioner for
environment and tourism in August 2003, in Kwara State. He holds the
traditional titles of Asoju Oba of Imota in Lagos State, and Babaewe
of Offa in Kwara State.
His Healthcare Herbal product is reputed to have
strong medical and scientific background and all the procedures of healthcare
processes follows best practices and with quality, safety and effectiveness in
mind at all times.
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