{"id":18235,"date":"2017-03-29T16:31:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T15:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18235"},"modified":"2017-05-31T03:18:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T02:18:30","slug":"yakubu-prof-alhassan-mela","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/yakubu-prof-alhassan-mela\/","title":{"rendered":"YAKUBU, Prof. Alhassan Mela"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MB.BS, PMC, FMCP, FWACP; medical practitioner, consultant paediatrician; b: November 10, 1944; p: Billiri; ht: Billiri; so: Gombe; m: Keshiya Lucie Dangabar, 1973; nc: two s, three d; ed: BilliriSIM Primary School, 1953-58; Bauchi Provincial Secondary School, 1959-64; Federal School of Science, Lagos, 1965-67; Ahmadu Bello University Medical School, 1968-73; University of Birmingham Children&#8217;s Hospital, 1977-78. cr: Internship, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Surgery, Medicine and paediatrics, Ahmadu Bello University Hospital, Zaria, 1973-74; General Duties, Port Harcourt General Hospital 1974-75; snr. House Officer, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1975-76; Registrar paediatrics, 1976-77; snr. Registrar\/Research f. University of Birmingham, 1977-79; Lecturer 1\/Consultant, Paediatrics Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1980-82; Asst. Dean, Clinical Studies 1980-84; Examination Officer, Faculty of Medicine, 1980-84; snr. Lecturer\/Consultant, 1982-85; Reader in Paediatrics, 1985-88; Consultant to UNICEF\/Zonal Co-ordinator, Northern States, Oral Rehydration Therapy Programme, 1985-87; ee. University of Benin, 1985-90; Usmanu Dan Fodiyo University, Sokoto, 1986-88; 1987-91; University of Maiduguri, 1988-91; Chief Examiner, NMD Assessment Examination for Foreign Medical Graduates, October, 1989; ee. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 1989-91; University of Port Harcourt, 1990-94; ag. Head of Department, Paediatrics, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, 1986-87; July 1987-94; prof. Paediatrics, 1985-88; Substantive Head, Paediatrics, 1987-94; Dean of Medicine, 1989-94; prof\/Consultant Paediatricians, CDD\/ARI UNICEF Consultant, 1994-95; ee. University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, 1987; University of Ibadan, 1988; University of Ghana Medical School, since 1997; National Post-graduate Medical College, Nigeria; West African Post-graduate Medical College; Chief Medical dir. Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, since 1998; Deputy ch. Ahmadu Bello University Medical, Editorial Board, 1980- 89- Sec. Sickle Cell Club, Kaduna State chapter, 1981-82; elected mem. International Paediatrics Association, 1984; Faculty Admission Committee and University Central Admission, 1984-88; Exco Paediatric Association Nigeria, 1985-86; National Planning Committee, Federal Ministry of Health, Combating Communicable Childhood Diseases, 1985-86; ch. FMOH\/USAID\/CCCD Research Review Committee, 1986-91; mm. Federal Ministry of Health Committee on Aspirin and Related Analgesic withdrawal in Nigeria, 1986 University Senate Committee on Academic Planning, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1987-88; Task Force on Epidemic Diseases, Federal Ministry of Health, 1988; v-presd. Paediatric Association of Nigeria, 1989-91; dir. United Nations International Children&#8217;s Education Fund, National Capacity Building for Child Survival and Development, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1990; ch. National Universities Commission accreditation panel, Ile-Ife, 1990; Ahmadu Bello University\/Principal Zonal Facilitator for FMOH\/USID VITAL Field Survey on Micronutrient, 1992; mm: National University Commission Discipline Development Committee, 1992-93; Project dir. ADDR Harvard International Institute for Development, 1992- 93; Consultant to Health and Human Resources Analysis for Africa, CDC, Atlanta, USA, 1992-93; Zonal Co-ordinator Nationwide Network for Health, 1994; mm. Technical Committee, Family Support Programme on Hospital for Women and Children, 1995; Bauchi State Hospitals Management Board since 1984; Advisor, Medical Education, Federal Government of Nigeria on West African Health Community since 1994; Nigerian Cancer Society; mm: Paediatric Association of Nigeria; International College of Paediatrics; West African Society of Gastroenterology &#038; Ficen; Nigerian Medical Association; f. Medical College of Paediatrics, Nigeria, 1979; West African College of Paediatrics, 1982; nh: National President Peadiatric Association Nigeria; hob: reading, gardening, off: Office of Chief Medical Director, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria P.M.B. 1026. tel: 069-334446, tel\/fax: 069- 35001; e-m: abuth@anpa.netng res: 5b, Kongo Campus Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. tel: 060-34446.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18235","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18235"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}