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DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY.

A silent danger in the Niger delta, and this woman wants to end it. The oil is not only killing the land, it is killing the body.http://pulse.ng/

Ogochukwu Okoye, a physician and lecturer at Delta State University Teaching Hospital, is working hard to save the Niger Delta people from devastating effects of oil pollution.

The Niger Delta region has had it's environment devastated by the effects of oil pollution. This leads to chronic diseases that affect various parts of the body, most especially the kidney.
Ogochukwu Okoye saw a need, and so she took an online Masters in Public Health from the University of Manchester. Her dissertation was as you'd expect;  It is about the risk of chronic kidney disease in young Nigerians exposed to crude oil.
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Speaking about it, she said:
"I registered for this course to improve myself in areas of medicine that are key for a wholesome practice. The team at Manchester exposed me to a highly effective manner of teaching, thus made learning worthwhile."
"The skills and knowledge that I have acquired are already impacting on my professional and personal development. I am definitely a better teacher, doctor and researcher as a result!"
As regards the future, she now plans to apply for a grant to enable her to carry out more research on the issue with the long term goal of influencing government policy and eventually creating a better life for the young people of the region.
We're optimistic about her dreams because for starters, at least 25 Nobel laureates have at some point studied or researched at the University of Manchester.
We hope that the academic staff that churned out that much quality can convert to good in the long run.
Perhaps maybe seeing the impact of long distance education, the Nigerian Universities Commission can also speed up to making sure Nigerians everywhere can take more courses online and make education easier.

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