Emeritus Professor

MY OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1. TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH VESICO-VAGINAL FISTUAL (VVF) AND PIONEERING THE CAMPAIGN FOR SAFE MOTHERHOOD IN NORTHERN NIGERIA. Not infrequently, girls are given out in marriage at very tender ages in some parts of Nigeria. As a result, such girls may begin childbearing at an age when their pelvic […]

CONSULTANCY TO GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: 1. Pathfinder Organisation .. 1986-1989 2. Africare .. 1988 3. Association for Voluntary Surgical – 1989-1994 Contraception (AVSC) 4. International Projects Assistance .. 1988-1991 Services (IPAS) 5. Margaret Sanger Centre of New York .. 1990-1992 6. MacArthur Foundation .. 1992 7. Carnegie Corporation of New York .. 1992-1994 8. […]

MD. THESIS: Briggs, N.D., 1983. Occipito Posterior Position: Predictive indices on the outcome of labour. This thesis which was the result of a major research on mechanical difficulties in labour, was commenced in Zaria, under Professor K.A. Harrison and concluded at the University of London under the supervision of Professor Sir Jack Dewhurst. It consists […]

ARTICLES IN LEARNED JOURNALS: Briggs, N.D. (1977) ‘retained Placenta – a comparison between “early” and “late” cases’, Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Developing Countries, Proceedings of An International Conference, Ibadan, Nigeria, 319-322. Adeboye, D.S., Briggs, N.D., Lister, U. (1979) ‘Cultural Examination of Female Outpatients in Zaria, Nigeria’, Nigerian Medical Journal 9, 675-678. Briggs, N.D. (1980) ‘Granulosa […]

BOOKS: A Handbook for House Officers. E.D.O. Mangete and K.EO. Nkanginieme (editors). Publishers: Uniport Medical Educators, 1991. Chapters 8, 9 and 10. The current status of Gynecology and Obstetrics Series. Vol.6 General Gynecology. Ed. Eng-Soon Teoh, S. Shan-Ratnan and Sir Malcom Macnaghton Section B. Section on Adolescent Sexuality. The Parthenon Publishing Group. A History of […]

OTHER PUBLIC LECTURES “Human Cloning” what would Felix Dosekun have said about it? 21 November 2001 First Felix Oladejo Dosekun Memorial Lecture At the College of Medicine, University of Lagos.“Towards a Culture of Peace in the Rivers State”. 10 April 2002. A Seminar Organized by the Centre for Promotion of Tourism, Arts and Culture in […]