EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Professor Ibinabo Laura Oboro
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Rivers State University, Nigeria

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Dr Datonye Christopher Briggs
Editorial Secretary    
Senior Lecturer, Department of Pediatrics, Rivers State University, Nigeria

Professor Hannah Omunakwe
Department of Haematology, 
Rivers State University, Nigeria

Professor Mkpe Abbey
Feto-maternal Medicine Unit, 
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rivers State University, Nigeria.

Dr Uchenna Chinweokwu Onubogu
Associate Professor
Department of Paediatrics, Rivers State University, Nigeria

SPECIALTY EDITORS
Dr Esther Ijeoma Nonye-Eyindah
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 
Rivers State University, Nigeria

Dr Rex Friday Ogoronte Alderton Ijah
Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery, Rivers State University, Nigeria

Dr Michael U. Osika
Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Rivers State University, Nigeria

Mrs. Mary Obidiya Okuku 
Lecturer, Department of Nursing, 
Rivers State University, Nigeria

Dr Ureh Oparaodu
Associate Professor of ENT /Otorhinolaryngology, 
Rivers State University, Nigeria

Dr. Boma Oyan
Senior Lecturer, Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology),
Rivers State University, Nigeria

Dr. Ebbi Robinson
Senior Lecturer, Department of Radiology,
Rivers State University, Nigeria

Dr. Chidi Nwokocha
Senior Lecturer, Department of Ophthalmology,
Rivers State University, Nigeria

EDITORIAL ADVISERS
Professor Samuel E. Dagogo-Jack
Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Director of the Clinical Research Centre, University of Tennessee, United States of America

Professor Ibi Erekosima    
Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow, University of Manchester Medical School, United Kingdom
Visiting Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Professor Orikomaba K. Obunge    
Dean, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Dr. Suviraj John
Senior Consultant Surgeon, Institute of Minimal Access Surgery
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India

Professor Hope I. Bellgam    
Department of Internal medicine, Rivers State University, Nigeria

Professor Assumpta U. Chapp-Jumbo    
Department of Pediatrics, Rivers State University, Nigeria

Professor Chizindu D. Alikor
Department of Internal medicine, Rivers State University, Nigeria

Professor Innocent O. George     
Department of Pediatrics, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria