By Aluta News
Mar. 6, 2022
The Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN) is fully indigenous and operating as an organisation, its Chief Executive Officer, Dr Patrick Dakum, says.
He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the institute, since inception in 2004, had remained indigenous for the provision of quality healthcare for Nigerians through collaboration with University of Maryland in the U.S.
He added that “we are fully indigenous; we collaborate with University of Maryland in the U.S. and other partners through memorandum of understanding.
“We will continue to get technical support from University of Maryland in the area of programme implementation and HIV surveillance.”
Dakum, who said that the institute has qualified virologists and reputable scientists from Nigeria as researchers, including Prof. Emeritus Umaru Shehu as Chairman of the board, noted that Shehu was one of the researchers at the forefront of the eradication of small pox.
He added that IHVN’s collaboration with University of Maryland in America was quite wide.
NAN