The West African Journal of Medicine is owned by the West African College of Physicians and the West African College of Surgeons.

Aims:

The aims of the Journal are:

• To provide a medium for international dissemination of information about medical science in West Africa and elsewhere.
• To furnish a means whereby appropriate international medical and health organisations may transmit information to medical scientists in medical institutions of West Africa and elsewhere.
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The Journal is published quarterly, four issues form one volume. Each issue will initially have approximately 84 pages.

The Journal is bi-lingual (English and French). Papers published in the Journal now feature in Index Medicus.

Editor-in-Chief

Professor O. G. Ajao
West African Journal of Medicine,
C/o Department of Surgery,
University College Hospital,
Ibadan,
Nigeria.

Assistant Editor-in-Chief

K. Osinusi.
O. Sonyannwo.
O. Onabowale.
O. Gureje.

Executive Editors

C. O. Bode.
Y. Tettey.
K. Odusote
C. C. Nwawolo.

Other members of Editorial Committee

S. K. Owusu.
B. T. Ugwu.

Advisory Board

O. O. Ajayi (Nigeria)
O. Osinowo (Saudi Arabia)
S. A. Adebonojo (U.S.A)
M. T. Shokunbi (Nigeria)
J. A. O. Magbagbeola (Nigeria)
M. Y. Al Shehri (Saudi Arabia)
S. A. O. Mogueya (Mauritania)
A. O. Ogunniyi (Nigeria)
A. O. Odejide (Nigeria)
S. Diallo (Republic of Guinea)
K. D. Baofo (Ghana)
P. K. Nyame (Ghana)
J. K. Acquaye (Ghana)
R. Biritwum (Ghana)
J. O. Ogunbiyi (Nigeria)
O. B. Shittu (Nigeria)
T. O. Alonge (Nigeria)
Bankole Jarret (Liberia)
T. Corrah (The Gambia)
D. J. O. Robbin Coker (Sierra Leone)
A. Yangui Angate (Cote D’Ivoire)
A. Adeniran (U.K)
O. Oni (U.K)

How to Subscribe…

Annual Subscription for other parts of the world is as follows:

United Kingdom £50.00 post free. West Africa $30.00. The rest of the world and the United States $100.00 post free.

A charge of $30.00 is made for reprints inclusive of postage.

Cheques should be made payable to West African Journal of Medicine and addressed to the Publications Officer.

Business correspondence, including advertisement, enquiries, should be sent to:

Publications officer,
West African Journal of Medicine,
Editorial Office,
6, Taylor Drive, Edmund Crescent,
P.M.B. 2023, Yaba, Lagos,
Nigeria.

Tel: 0803 337 8628.
E-Mail: [email protected] 
Website: www.wacs-coac.org