The Medical Mycology Society of Nigeria is an interdisciplinary professional society focused on generating much needed public health data on serious fungal infections in Nigeria and driving advocacy for better care of populations at risk.
The society also holds an annual invasive fungal infection forum (IFIF) to promote awareness amongst health care practitioners and train laboratory personnel to diagnose fungal infections.
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Olaseinde joined the group
Medical Mycology Society of Nigeria 2 years, 3 months ago · -
Doreen Mmaette Michael N. joined the group
Medical Mycology Society of Nigeria 2 years, 3 months ago · -
Iriagbonse Osaigbovo uploaded the file: Role of Medical Mycology Societies in combating IFIs in LMIC to
Medical Mycology Society of Nigeria 2 years, 4 months ago · Official history of the Medical Mycology Society of Nigeria, Aims and Objectives.
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Iriagbonse Osaigbovo wrote a new post,
FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE MEDICAL MYCOLOGY SOCIETY OF NIGERIA 2 years, 4 months ago · 
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A timely event, we shall be there god willing.
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Good afternoon,
I must congratulate you for the successful conduct of the mycology conference.
We will be appreciated, if you will upload the PDF version of the Book of Abstract for our record.
Thank you
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Thank you, Hassan Yahaya. If you attended the conference, the abstracts are included in the brochure. A PDF version is not available now but we will look into it.
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Hamza Sule joined the group
Medical Mycology Society of Nigeria 2 years, 4 months ago · -
Iriagbonse Osaigbovo wrote a new post in Medical Mycology Society of Nigeria,
COUNTRYWIDE CRYPTOCOCCAL SCREENING AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS- NOVEMBER UPDATE 2 years, 6 months ago · November was an eventful month for the MMSN Cryptococcal screening and management training team as they delivered the training in three tertiary centres in Nigeria. The team, made up of president, Dr Rita Oladele […]
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Iriagbonse Osaigbovo wrote a new post in Medical Mycology Society of Nigeria,
FUNGUS AWARENESS WEEK. 2 years, 8 months ago · Fungal Disease Awareness Week was October 1–5, 2018 in the United States of America. CDC and partners organized this week to highlight the importance of recognizing serious fungal diseases early enough in the c […]
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Iriagbonse Osaigbovo wrote a new post in Medical Mycology Society of Nigeria,
ADVOCACY IN SPREADING THE FUNGAL INFECTION MESSAGE 2 years, 9 months ago · Fungal infections are notorious for piggybacking on other diseases. For this reason, they affect diverse patient groups spread over different domains.
Anyone bent on reducing the scourge of invasive fungal […]
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Iriagbonse Osaigbovo wrote a new post in Medical Mycology Society of Nigeria,
CRYPTOCOCCAL SCREENING TRAIN LANDS IN ABUJA 2 years, 9 months ago · MMSN is passionate about raising awareness and ensuring that physicians countrywide have a low threshold for thinking fungal disease, especially in immunocompromised patients. Cryptococcal meningitis is one of […]
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Iriagbonse Osaigbovo wrote a new post in Medical Mycology Society of Nigeria,
MARKURDI HOSTS MMSN CRYPTOCOCCAL SCREENING TRAINING PROGRAMME. 2 years, 9 months ago · The nationwide training on cryptococcal meningitis screening has been delivered in Markurdi on August 30th, 2018. In July, the training was offered to healthcare personnel in Port Harcourt and Akure.
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The advocacy on fungal infection is on going in Jos, Plateau state Nigeria. Training screening and treatment of patients is also on-going. This is a follow-up on the training last year by Dr. Rita Oladele.
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That is great to know, Dr. Okolo! Keep it going. I believe the effort is paying off.
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Iriagbonse Osaigbovo wrote a new post in Medical Mycology Society of Nigeria,
CRYPTOCOCCAL SCREENING TRAINING PROGRAM GOES TO KANO 2 years, 11 months ago · The CDC- sponsored MMSN Cryptococcal screening training program for healthcare providers in Nigeria has been delivered this past week in Bayero University Teaching Hospital, Kano. This brings the number of centres […]
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Rita Oladele wrote a new post,
CRYPTOCOCCAL SCREENING TRAINING PROGRAM GOES TO KANO 2 years, 11 months ago · The CDC- sponsored MMSN Cryptococcal screening training program for healthcare providers in Nigeria has been delivered this past week in Kano. This brings the number of centres that have received the free training […]
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Rita Oladele wrote a new post,
Onyge-what now?! 2 years, 11 months ago · If you miss this year’s ISHAM Congress, you would have to wait till 2021 to attend the next one! That’s because the congress holds every three years. It provides clinicians, scientists and students an exciting o […]
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Rita Oladele wrote a new post,
CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS PATIENTS MAY RECEIVE ANTIDEPRESSANT AS PART OF TREATMENT IN FUTURE 3 years ago · Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is associated with a high rate of mortality among people living with HIV/AIDS. Despite the use of antiretroviral therapy, which has greatly reduced the incidence of CM globally, the […]
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Rita Oladele wrote a new post,
CDC- sponsored Diagnosis and Management of Cryptococcal Meningitis in HIV patients 3 years ago · The Medical Mycology Society of Nigeria has begun a series of training activities in tertiary centers across the country. The focus is on Cryptococcal screening and treatment in the setting of HIV infection. […]
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Nathan joined the group
Medical Mycology Society of Nigeria 3 years ago · -
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Rita Oladele uploaded the file: Prior subclinical histoplasmosis revealed in Nigeria using histoplasmin skin testing to
Medical Mycology Society of Nigeria 3 years, 1 month ago · First Histoplasmin skin sensitivity survey in Nigeria in decades (previous survey conducted in 1980s and restricted in geographical coverage).
Histoplasmosis Study Group led by Dr Rita Oladele in collaboration with Profs Conchita Toriello, Philip Foden, Malcom Richardson and David Denning.-
Great work there Dr Rita
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Rita Oladele wrote a new post,
Consensus on Essential Diagnostics for Advanced AIDS and fungal diseases 3 years, 2 months ago · Experts from 27 countries have developed consensus on which diagnostic tests should be deemed ‘Essential’ by the World Health Organization. The WHO has had a listing of essential medicines for decades and has jus […]
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Rita Oladele wrote a new post in Medical Mycology Society of Nigeria,
LABORATORY TRAINING AT IFIF 2018 3 years, 2 months ago · Practical laboratory sessions are an important feature of IFIF. This year, participants had hands-on training, learning how to use the cryptococcal lateral flow assay, Aspergillus IgG lateral flow assay and ELISA.
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