It is goitre, not witchcraft

SfE is pleased to have awarded a Public Engagement Grant to Dr Olubiyi Adesina (Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria).

Dr Adesina will deliver what promises to be an enlightening lecture on the endocrinology of goitre to an audience of school children at the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, on 7 June 2012, addressing the belief commonly-held in Nigerian folklore that men and women with goitres are victims or practitioners of witchcraft. His lecture will be broadcast across Ogun State, Nigeria via television, radio and print media as part of a public education programme to lift the stigma associated with the condition and encourage patients with goitre to seek appropriate medical treatment.

More information on the event can be found at the SfE public event page.