CENTRE FOR MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CMIPD) Trustees Annual Report and Accounts Year ending July 2023
Charity Name: Centre for Medical Informatics and Professional Development
Charity Reg No: 1175234
Trustees: Dr Ezekiel Alawale
Mr Dennis Ekagha Mr Olumuyiwa Olubowale
Governing document
CMIPD is a charitable incorporated organisation registered with the Charity commission: charity no 1175234. Its governing document is its constitution adopted on 05 July 2017.
Organisational Structure
The CIO trustees are responsible for the general control and management of the charity. The trustees give their time freely and receive no remuneration or other financial benefits.
The trustees are actively involved in the projects of the organisation. Planning and decisions about projects are delegated to a planning committee.
Objectives and activities
The object of the CIO is:
The relief of sickness and the preservation and protection of good health for the public benefit in developing countries in particular but not limited to the training of medical practitioners working in the developing countries.
Achievement and performance
In the year under review CMIPD was able to collaborate and distribute cervical screening kits to various hospitals in Nigeria. This was made possible with the employment of local staff who are responsible for liaising with hospitals and government representatives.
Public benefit
CMlPD's activities have been of benefit to the public in furtherance of the objectives of the organisation. Medical staff and the leadership of medical institutions are being exposed to current developments in healthcare. This in turn translated to better experiences for patients who enjoy quality healthcare delivery. The involvement of CMIPD is at no cost to the host hospitals and
there is no direct cost to patients from CMIPD. The services of CMIPD were rendered completely free.
Funding
Performance
During the year the organisation embarked on a Cervical smear screening project in Nigeria. In collaboration with Shalom Health International, CMIPD was able to air freight 20,000 cervical smear kits from the United Kingdom to Nigeria. The cervical kits were provided by NHS former regional centre for cervical smears. Individual members of the CMIPD, God’s Vineyard Ministries, and Shalom Health International contributed to the transportation of the materials.
The beneficiaries in Nigeria include;
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1: Osun State
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2: Oyo State
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3: Ogun State
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4: Kaduna State Teaching Hospital and
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5 Vine Branch Medical Centre.
The project involved the:
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a. Formation of a team of health professionals, including gynaecologists, pathologists, and other health professionals.
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b. Establishment of a “Cervical Smear Taker’s Manual” in the United Kingdom, coordinated by Mr. Kunle Ajayi, a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist.
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c. Establishment of a standard protocol for pathologists to use in processing and interpreting smears. Professor Kunbi Banjo, a Gynaecology pathologist at the University of Lagos Teaching Hospital, and Dr Rotimi Olorunda, Director of Pathological Services at Leeds Royal Infirmary, Leeds, UK, collaborated on the project.
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d. Training for all of the Project’s various Teams at the State and Teaching Hospital levels.
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e. Development of cervical smear screening systems by various state and teaching hospitals. f. Development of a campaign of information dissemination aimed at raising awareness and mobilizing target women to participate in the screening process in all local governments throughout the states.
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g. Development of the system of transporting the slides to the pathologists. The creation of a system for transporting slides to pathologists.
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h. Pathologists generate results.
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i. Gynaecologists treat abnormal smears as needed.
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j. Audit of the screening results and their management.
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k. Production of results. Cervical smear screening will be maintained in the various beneficiary states.
Funding
The organisation gets donations from members. A total of £2410.00 was received during the year.
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Centre for Medical Informatics and Professional
Development
Income and expenditure for the year ended July 2023
Income
Brough forward from 2022 1413.00
Donations 2410.00
Total Revenue 3823.00
Expenses
Transportation 1006.23
Payment to Country officers 1158.00
Cervical project 909.50
Total Expenditure 3073.73
Income C/F 749.27
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Signed
Dennis Ekagha Trustee