Dora Akunyili
Pharmacist and Government Official
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Dora Nkem Akunyili was the Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control of Nigeria from 2001 to 2008. Early life and education Dora Edemobi was born in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria to Chief Paul Young Edemobi who hailed from Nanka, Anambra State. She received her First School Leaving Certificate from St. Patrick's Primary School, Isuofia, Anambra State, in 1966 and had her West African School Certificate Examination at Queen of the Rosary Secondary School Nsukka, Enugu State in 1973, where she graduated with Grade I Distinction consequently, she won the Eastern Nigerian Government Post Primary Scholarship and the Federal Government of Nigeria Undergraduate Scholarship. She went on to study pharmacology at the University of Nigeria , graduating in 1978 and received her Ph.D. in ethnopharmacology in 1985.
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- The Global Threat of Counterfeit Drugs: Why Industry and Governments Must Communicate the Dangers (2005) (313)
- Heavy metal hazards of Nigerian herbal remedies. (2006) (175)
- Antimicrobial activities of the stembark of Kigelia pinnata. (1991) (78)
- Meroterpenoids and naphthaquinones from Kigelia pinnata (1993) (42)
- Correction: The Global Threat of Counterfeit Drugs: Why Industry and Governments Must Communicate the Dangers (2007) (30)
- Fake and counterfeit drugs in the health sector: The role of medical doctors (2007) (27)
- The role of 'pure water' and bottled water manufacturers in Nigeria (2003) (21)
- Risk of medicines: Counterfeit drugs (2004) (14)
- Some Plasma and Saliva Pharmacokinetics Parameters of Rifampicin in the Presence of Pefloxacin (2004) (10)
- Women Leadership in Emerging Democracy: My NAFDAC Experience (2006) (8)
- The challenges faced by NAFDAC in the national regulatory process as it relates to essential drugs for prevention of maternal and newborn deaths in Nigeria (2010) (4)
- Counterfeit pharmaceuticals: in the line of fire. Dora Akunyili interviewed by Peter Aldhous. (2005) (4)
- The War Against Counterfeit Medicne. My Story (2011) (3)
- Dora Akunyili: battling against counterfeit drugs. Interview by Marilynn Larkin. (2006) (2)
- Fake drugs: lessons for the world. Dora Akunyili interviewed by Meredith Wadman. (2008) (1)
- The most dangerous job in Nigeria (2005) (0)
- Poor manufacturing practice (PMP) and near fatalities in Emergency Care: report of three cases (2002) (0)
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