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Charitable Activities

MANSAG has in the past made charitable donations to at least three organizations that promoted some of the themes of our previous fund-raising activities. We donated £500 each to The Sickle Cell Society (UK charity based in London), "Mount Shiloh Health Advisory Centre" (UK charity promoting BME health issues based in the West Midlands) and "C.O.P.E." (a Nigerian breast cancer charity with eminent citizens as trustees). Last year we donated £5000 to Stepping Stones.
We also carry out regular medical missions to rural (and sometimes very remote!) parts of Nigeria - helping to provide FREE healthcare to the local populations. Typically missions provide us the opportunity to assess local health needs, to understand the barriers to healthcare and how any inequities can be addressed, to work collaboratively with our local counterparts and to share experience and exchange views. We aim for every mission to have an impact on one or all of the tiers of healthcare

Enugu Mission Report:Summary

Enugu Mission Presentation

Educational Activities

Our Annual General Meetings and Scientific Conferences cover a wide range of topics and are CPD-approved. Our themes are carefully chosen so that they address current issues of healthcare in Nigeria and indeed in Africa. Previous conferences have discussed issues such as HIV/AIDS, Women' s Health, Environmental Impact Assessment of Oil exploration, Resource allocation and healthcare financing in Nigeria, Mental Health issues in migrant populations, etc.
We currently maintain an internal database of Nigerian physicians in the British Isles with their specialties and locations. We are working closely with the GMC to update the external database. In the future MANSAG also plans to publish a journal as well as a directory. Our monthly newsletter has gone live from December this year.

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Scientific and Research Activities

MANSAG may from time to time make

• grants to individuals
• grants to organisations
• grants to groups of persons
• grants to other bodies corporate

Apart from such direct sponsorships, we may also undertakes research ourselves from time to time or act as umbrella or resource body for our members thinking of or engaged in various research projects MANSAG is also keen to encourage joint research and collaboration between Nigerian medical scientists/researchers and their counterparts in the U.K.

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Other Activities

• Healthcare Policy Advocacy - Whenever and wherever we meet with Nigerian leaders and officials we always use the opportunity  to review and advice on issues such as HIV, Medical Education, Maternal and Child Care, Effective Immunization coverage, and other Polulation issues.
• Cooperating and interacting with other Nigerian Communities within and outside the United Kingdom
• Partnering with other Nigerian-born or Nigerian-trained physicians in the USA, Canada, the Middle East, Australasia, and other African countries.
• Collaborating with the Nigerian Medical Association.
• Representing and supporting our members with personal or professional issues
• Ensuring that healthcare information is readily available to indigent populations and that the dissemination and propagation of such information is not unduly hampered.

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