The world is having something to celebrate as a Nigerian boy with Pfizer contributes a COVID vaccine to the world with BoiNtech.
Yes! They have done it again. The pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, which created the eclair of optimum orgasm, viagra, have produced a vaccine for COVID-19. And this is coming as Oxford and AstraZeneca announce their version of vaccines that have shown successes of 70% and 90% in trials.
Pfizer and BioNTech
In recent Updates, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the first vaccine they developed against COVID-19 has up to 90% efficacy. It was also reported that the vaccine has been tested on 43,500 people in six countries and no significant safety concerns have been raised. Pfizer was quoted as saying it would be able to supply 50 million doses by the end of 2020, and around 1.3 billion by the end of 2021. But one of those leading the researcher at Pfizer for a COVID-19 vaccine in the US is a Nigerian; Onyema Ogbuagu.
Dr. Ogbuagu
Ogbuagu is a medical Doctor. He is an associate professor of medicine in the clinician-educator track and director of the HIV clinical trials programme of the Yale AIDS programme at the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Onyema Ogbuagu is the son of two professors. His father is Chibuzo Ogbuagua former vice-chancellor of Abia State University. Stella Ogbuagu, his mother, is a professor of sociology. The mother was the best graduating student of the 1974 class at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).
Onyema is a twin and his twin brother is an engineer. Both men were born in New Haven in Connecticut, which serves as home to the Ivy League Yale University in the US. Afterwards, the family returned to Nigeria. Then Ogbuagu studied medicine at the University of Calabar and went going back to the US after his studies in Nigeria.
Ogbuagu studied medicine at the University of Calabar, Cross River state, in 2003. After graduation, he interned at the Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria.
He then proceeded to intern at Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Elmhurst), New York. Dr. Onyema rose to become a chief resident at the same school after which he became a fellow of infectious diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. He has supported health research initiatives in the US and Africa. He was in Rwanda where he mentored medical residents and junior faculty in quality improvement and clinical research projects. Also, the Liberia College of Physicians and Surgeons (LCPS) got his support for an internal medicine residency training programme. The Liberia mission was a WHO/HRSA funded initiative.
In closing
Dr. Laz Uzoechi
This clearly shows that given the right facilities and motivation, Nigerian trained professionals can excel. You put your money where your heart is. Thank you Yale University for giving Dr Ogbuagu the platform to excel that his own Nigerian government has refused to provide at home.
Associate Prof, FUTO
Dr. Ogbuagu has a massive curriculum vitae and vast experience across areas and continents. This gives hope to the young people of Africa. Kudos to you Dr. Ogbuagu. Doctor of Medicine, trained at University of Calabar, Nigeria.
