Umaru Shehu: Nigerian public health giant who played a major role in polio eradication
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Umaru Shehu. Courtesy Premium Times Idris Mohammed, Gombe State University Professor Emeritus Umaru Shehu, who died on 2 October 2023, was born in Yerwa (Maiduguri), Nigeria, in 1930. Widely regarded as one of the country’s early leaders in public health policy and practice, he was the first public health physician in the northern region and remained active all his life.
Umaru Shehu: Nigerian public health giant who played a major role in polio eradication
Umaru Shehu: Nigerian public health giant who…
Umaru Shehu: Nigerian public health giant who played a major role in polio eradication
Umaru Shehu. Courtesy Premium Times Idris Mohammed, Gombe State University Professor Emeritus Umaru Shehu, who died on 2 October 2023, was born in Yerwa (Maiduguri), Nigeria, in 1930. Widely regarded as one of the country’s early leaders in public health policy and practice, he was the first public health physician in the northern region and remained active all his life.