Fatiu Ademola Akesode (April 1940 – 30 March 2001) was a Nigerian

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of paediatrics, educational administrator, and former

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of Lagos State University

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Education

He was born in

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, into the Bajulaiye family. He had his primary education at Ansar-Ud-Deen Primary School, Amuto Okepopo and later attended Methodist Boys' High School in 1954 for his secondary education. In 1962, he proceeded to the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. After his first degree in

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, he obtained a Master of Science (M.sc) degree in

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from

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in 1968 and a Doctorate (P.hD) degree in paediatrics from

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, USA where he received the American Heart Foundation Fellowship award in 1973.

Career

He began his career as a Chief Resident in Paediatrics at Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He later became a lecturer of Public Health at the

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, Van Couver B.C

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in 1978. He left the university for University of Lagos where he lectured as a Senior Lecturer in Pediatrics for five years (1982-1987). He was appointed Professor of Paediatrics on June 1, 1988 at

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university, now

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. He was later appointed as Chief Medical Director of the Ogun state university teaching hospital, a position he held until his appointment as

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in 1997. He died on 30 March 2001.

Awards and fellowship

* United States National Institute of Health Research Award in Paediatrics(1975-1976). * Fellow of the Nigerian Medical College (Public Health) (1978) * Fellow of the West African College of Physicians (1980) *

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, WHO Research Award on Breast-Feeding (1988–93) * British Overseas Development Agency Award for the study of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (1996)

References

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