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qualifications: MBBS, MSc (Hlth Econs), FWACP (Family Medicine)
position: Consultant
department: Family Medicine
Nigeria
Dr. Godpower Chinedu Michael is a graduate of the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where he earned his medical degree. He has been a West African College of Physicians-certified family physician since 2008 and holds a master’s degree in health economics. His passion for rural health and toxinology began over 20 years ago during his residency training in family medicine at a rural health centre in Zamko, Northcentral Nigeria, with a high burden of snakebite envenoming (SBE). He later became the Secretary of the Africa/Middle-East Chapter of the International Society on Toxinology (2020 to 2024), given his works in SBE. He currently works as Chief Consultant Family Physician and certified family medicine trainer at the Department of Family Medicine of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano, Nigeria, where he also supervises residents at the rural health centre attached to the department. His other research interests are primary care clinical epidemiology, family medicine, and health economics.
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