Edo medical women fete immediate past president

Members of the Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria, Edo State branch (MWAN Edo), have praised the exceptional work of its immediate past president, Dr. Adesuwa Urhoghide-Edigin.

The group celebrated Urhoghide-Edigin, who is the current chairman, Strategic Planning Committee of the Nigeria Medical Association (Edo NMA), as the MWAN Edo Heroine while commemorating the 2023 International Women’s Day.

She was featured as the third heroine of the group for making tremendous positive impacts during her tenure as president in the areas of women/children empowerment.

Some of her achievements, it was learnt, include increased visibility of MWAN Edo in the state, creation of a functional mini women’s wellness clinic in Doctors’ House, Ugbowo, as well as the conduct of monthly free breast/cervical cancer screening and treatment to the public with support from the state government.

Speaking during the event, Urhoghide-Edigin revealed that her team also carried out free breast, cervical and prostate screening in three local councils of the state.

“I also built to near completion in two weeks a women’s wellness centre/sexual assault centre in Irrua, produced and distributed in schools for free a menstrual hygiene question and answer book for all female students.

“Gender based violence wasn’t left out as I led MWAN to be a major stakeholder in running the Edo State Sexual Assault Centre with volunteering by her doctors and giving free psychiatric evaluations to victims,” Urhoghide-Edigin said.

She further noted that her tenure was unique with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, stating that she played a supportive role to the state in raising awareness on the preventive measures against the disease with her team.