The Canadian association of Nigerian doctors and dentists carried out Edmonton at the launch of the first black medical journal in Canada.
The objective of Canadian Nigerian Medical Journal is to serve as a place of exchange of diagnostics, targeted treatments and current research concerning the black community in order to improve health results for black Canadians.
The editor -in -chief, the Dr Moses Ademola, hopes that the new review will serve as a platform for unique ideas and contributions from the black medical community.
Due to our journey, our culture and our experiences, we tend to have very specific knowledge, and we want to share them in a scientific journal.
It is a dream that we have nourished for 24 years
explains the Dre Modpe Tunde Byss, responsible for a section of the review.
Most of the people who work on this review have undergone training in two or three continents. They therefore bring their knowledge and skills
she underlines.
The first issue of the “Canadian Nigerian Medical Journal” appeared in August 2025.
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A journal evaluated by peers
A medical journal is a scientific publication evaluated by peers which disseminates medical information to healthcare professionals and the general public.
It serves as a platform to transmit research results, clinical knowledge and other relevant information in order to advance medical knowledge and practices.
Although it is published by a black organization of the diaspora, it is in fact an international medical journal evaluated by peers, which will be available in printed and free access version, so that everyone can have access to it.
One of the things that distinguish us is that we do not expect others that they pay high costs to subject their work, because we benefit from significant support from our members
he says.
The editor -in -chief of the review, the Dr Moses Ademola, hopes that it will be able to shed light on questions and subjects that are not often discussed by other publications.
This is only the beginning. There is an African proverb that says that one can run fast, but that many can go further. […] We want to go further on this path.
Health inequality
The launch of Canadian Nigerian Medical Journal occurs as a study (new window)From the Public Health Agency of Canada highlights health inequalities in which black people in Canada face.
According to this study, black citizens are victims of health and social inequalities linked to discrimination processes in several respects in society, in particular from an individual, interpersonal, institutional and societal point of view.
With the information of Jesmeen Gill
