Geriatrics Gerontology & Palliative Nursing

Abdul Raheem IS, is a Nigerian medical doctor with postgraduate training in Public Health. He is a fellow of both Royal Institute of Public Health (London) and National Postgraduate Medical College, Faculty of Public Health (Nigeria). He holds Master degrees in Public Health, Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Public Administration. He specializes in Disease Surveillance, Geriatrics and Epidemiology. His areas of interests are Disease surveillance, Geriatric Epidemiology, Geriatric poly-pharmacy, Geriatric palliative care, End of life care, Care of the Elderly,Health planning and administration . He has more than sixty publications to his credit in both local, National and International Journals. Dr Abdulraheem has served as a Consultant to WHO, UNICEF, NPI, GAVI & FMOH (Nigeria) on Disease Surveillance, Polio Eradication Programme and National Epidemiological review of Communicable Diseases. Currently, Abdulraheem is a Consultant to World Health Organization on Disease Surveillance and Polio Eradication Programme as well as Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Community Health, College of Medicine, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.