Isaac Adewole

[8] Adewole is a member of the governing council of Adeleke University and chairs the National Panel on Cervical Cancer Control Policy.

In a public lecture held at the International Conference Centre of the University of Ibadan, it was recalled how maligners tried relentlessly to sabotage his appointment as the vice-chancellor of the institution in 2010.

[13] The chairman of the 60th birthday celebration was Wole Olanipekun, a legal luminary, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, and a past Pro-Chancellor of the university.

[25] In October 1973, he enrolled at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan; there he obtained an MBBS degree and ,in 1978 ,won the Glaxo Allenbury pPize for outstanding performance in paediatrics.

[27] In 1985, he left Nigeria for a research fellowship in the department of medical oncology at Charing Cross Hospital in London.

On 1 August 2000, he was appointed as the Dean, Faculty of Clinical Sciences and Dentistry, a position he held until 31 July 2002.

He is a coordinator of the Campaign Against Unwanted Pregnancy, a multidisciplinary not-for-profit organisation consisting of medical practitioners, social scientists, nurses, and teachers.

[34] He organized a free cervical cancer screening campaign and was part of the team that introduced sexual rights into the curriculum of medical schools in Nigeria.

He held the position for two years, and in 1993, he was elected chairman of the Oyo State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association.

[37] In his welcome address at a public lecture organised by the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa held at the International Conference Centre, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, he lamented the decline of Africa's contribution to global scientific output.

He advocated for the commensurate expansion in doctoral training to meet the human resources needs of the new institutions as well as the existing ones.

While receiving an award of excellence for outstanding contributions to obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Sunderland 2015 convocation ceremonies, he said any war against terror must be fought through collective efforts to nip it in the bud.

It has become a lamp among the armament that unmasked the monster HIV, and we shall continue to beam the light of research on all threats to human existence.

I believe that creating a long-term security should be our main concern just as the initiative of our president was so strategic, having recently visited France.

[44] In his remarks, chairman of the union Professor Olusegun Ajiboye described the nomination as a "right step towards the change that Nigeria needs by appointing change agents who have achieved global recognition in their chosen academic career and have unblemished administrative records".

[49]In his capacity as minister, Adewole was appointed by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve on the Independent High-level Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases from 2018 until 2019.

[52] In 2005, he authored Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Nigeria; the book was published by the Harvard University Press.

In April 2011, he made a presentation on the topic at Global Health Week at Northwestern University, Chicago.

[53] In 2007, he co-authored a training manual on sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV prevention for medical students in Nigeria.

For instance, at the International Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections organised held in 2009 in Montreal, Adewole presented his abstract on "Mother's Prophylaxis Regimen Strongly Predicts Risk of Early Mother-to-Child Transmission in Large ART Program in Nigeria".

[55] In 2009, he attended the International Aids Conference held in South Africa, where he presented his abstract on the "Impact of Social Support in a PMTCT programme".

Adewole (center, holding the T-shirt) participating in World Cancer Day 2016