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2020 Virtual Update Course for Junior and Senior Residents

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The West African College of Physicians, Faculty of Family Medicine announces her 2020 Virtual Update Course for Junior and Senior Residents.

Aug 2020

Healthcare Sector Research and Development Intervention (Grant) Scheme

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Hotel Information

Hotel Name	Phone Number	Address	Discounted Rate
Tahir Guest Palace	08050298536	No 4 Ibrahim Natsugune, Road, Kano	N 45,000
Niima Guest Palace	08034523525	No 68B, Suleiman Crescent, Nassarawa Kano	N 48,500
R & K Guest Palace	09022009040	No 5 Magajin Rumfa Road, Nassarawa Kano	N 32,000
Quarter House Hotel	08100935004	No 1 Tamandu Close GRA Kano	N 30,000, N 35,000, N 40,000
Bristol Palace Hotel	08111353535	No 54, 56 Guda Abdullahi Road, Kano	N 95,000 (Superior/Standard), N107,000 (Executive)
Grand Central Hotel	08106350000	Shop No 4, Grand Central Hotel Bompai Road Nassarawa, Kano	N 40,000 (Superior deluxe / Standard), N 65,000 (Executive suite)
Global Luxury Suites	08062000003	No 105, Hadejia Road, Badawa Kano	N 58,000 (Standard room), N68,000 (Deluxe)
Rayhan Hotels	07032800637	Unguwa Uku, behind AKTH, Kano	N 30,000
Green Palace Hotel Limited	07035517224	Hadejia Road, Bompai, Kano	N 26,000 (Standard single room), N30,500 (Executive Double)
GK Guest Palace	09092888807	Gashash Road, Bompai, Kano	N 55,000
Chilla Luxury Suit	08152525275	110 Audu Bako way Nasarawa, Kano	N 30,000
Prince Hotel	08033773923	Tamandu Road, off Audu Bako Way, GRA, Kano	N 60,750
Porto Gulf Hotels	08037917049	13Dbv Isa Dutse Road, Bompai, Kano	N 72,000 (Standard), N 88,200 (Premium Standard)
Guest Pride Hotel	08098989080	Farm Centre Ibrahim Haruna Link, Kano	N 45,000
Dou Hotels and Suites	090946610909 / 08180556368	21 Aviation Quarters, off Jaba Road, Kano	N 45,000

For accommodation enquiries, please contact the Chairman Accommodation sub-committee

Dr Auwalu Umar Gajida

Phone: 08028375412
Email:[email protected]

Dr. Abdullahi Ibrahim

Phone: 09053017374
Email:maikano059gmail.com

2025 Registration

Delegate Status	Early Bird (Till 31st May)	Late Reg. (Till 20th July)	Onsite Reg. (at AGM)
Fellows	N80,000	N100,000	N140,000
Members	N50,000	N80,000	N120,000
Accompanying Persons	N50,000	N80,000	N120,000

2025 TENTATIVE PROGRAMME OF EVENTS

Sunday July 20th 2025	Arrival of EXCO
Monday July 21st 2025	Pre-conference, Medical Outreach and courtesy visits
Tuesday July 22nd 2025	Arrival of delegates and welcome cocktail
Wednesday July 23rd 2025	1st Scientific Session, Opening Ceremony, Sir Samuel Manuwa Lecture 2nd Scientific Session and Faculty Meeting
Thursday July 24th 2025	Walkout, 3rd Scientific Session, Faculty Symposiums, Networking and site tour/seeing
Friday July 25th 2025	AGM, Dinner and Gala Night
Saturday July 26th 2025	Departure

Abstract submissions are invited from Fellows and Members of the West African College of Physicians (WACP), and other health professionals in fields relevant to the theme and sub-themes of the 2025 conference of the WACP Nigeria Chapter for presentation at the conference.

Theme: Healthy Living: Transforming lives through healthy lifestyle choices.

Sub-themes:

Basic Healthcare Provision Fund and the future of Nigerian Health Sector.
Preventable and curable cancers-often missed opportunities in low resource settings.

All abstracts for submission must be in English (British) and typed using Times New Roman font size 12 in Microsoft Word Format. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words (excluding headings as well as names and affiliations of authors). Single and multi-authored abstracts should include each author’s last name and initials (in that order and without professional titles) as well as affiliations/addresses. The functional email of the corresponding author must be indicated. The presenting author’s name must be underlined.

All abstracts must be structured in the following format:

Introduction/background
Objective(s)
Materials and methods
Results
Conclusions

Images and tables should not be submitted with abstracts. Only standard acronyms and abbreviations are acceptable. Special or unusual acronyms and abbreviations should be placed in parentheses after the first appearance of the full term. Numerals should be used for numbers above nine.

All presenting authors and co-authors must disclose any conflict of interest. Presenting author must register for the conference. Authors may indicate a preference for either oral or poster presentation but the final decision rests with the scientific sub-committee.

Submissions of abstracts closes on 12 midnight 31^st May 2025. Only abstracts that conform to the aforementioned guidelines will be considered. Accepted abstracts will be published in the book of abstract, and those presented in a later issue of the West African Journal of Medicine.

Click here to submit your abstract.

For any enquiries: contact 08033141130 or 09122593985 or send an e-mail to [email protected]

49th ANNUAL GENERAL & SCIENTIFIC MEETING (AGSM) KANO 2025

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