By Muhammad Amaan
Five innovative winners have emerged from the maiden edition of Dr Aminu Magashi Garba Annual Dabo Health Discourse.
The Dabo Health Discourse, is an annual healthcare pitching competition initiated by the Kano State Medical Students Association (KAMSA) in 2024.
The 2025 edition of the competition was launched on Friday, February 7th, at the Mahmud Tukur Theatre II, Bayero University, Kano.
The Director of Operations at the Aminu Magashi Garba Foundation (AMG Foundation), Malam Jalo Sulaiman, said each of the winners presented his/her innovative healthcare solutions to students, stakeholders and judges during the competition.
Malam Sulaiman announced that top three winners emerged, alongside fourth and fifth runners.
He said the maiden Annual Dabo Health Discourse, funded by the AMG Foundation presented awards, certificates and cash prizes to the five winners with the top three winners receiving awards and cash, N100,000, N75,000 and N50,000, respectively.
Meanwhile, fourth and fifth runners-up were presented with certificates and cash prizes of N25,000 each.
“Mustapha Ibrahim Abdullahi, a level 400 medical student from BUK who emerged overall winner came up with ‘Mind Up,’ a comprehensive mobile app for mental health support system for stressed professionals.
“The Wind-Up innovation aims at enhancing mental well-being through integration of mental health, nutrition, sleep science and physical fitness.
“Other winners are Maryam Abdul from Northwest University, Kano who came second, Abdussamad Amru Jibril alos from BUK who came third, Rabi’a Sanusi Wakili from Emirates College of Health Sciences and Technology as fourth runner and Salim Sani Haladu as forth runner,” he said.
The event featured a keynote speech by Dr Musa Muhammad Bello from the Department of Community Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH).
He made a presentation on the topic “Transforming Healthcare through Students’ Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities.”
The Chair of AMG Foundation, Dr Aminu Magashi Garba, congratulated the innovative winners and pledged to have lunch meeting with them, “with a view to celebrate them and listen to some of their innovative healthcare solutions for further guidance.”
In his remarks, the outgoing KAMSA President, Abdulrahman Habib Maigiwa, congratulated the winners, thanked the judges of the competition and the AMG Foundation for supporting the initiative.
