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THIRD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF CANCER

It is for these reasons that the publication of a journal by the Paediatric Association of Nigeria will be warmly welcomed by all who are concerned with medical progress in Africa, especially as it relates to the health and well being of children. The journal will have a vital role to play as educator of those involved in paediatric practice at all levels, and in this it will serve best if the grass roots of Paediatrics are not sacrificed to the ivory towers. It will have an important role in shaping policies and practice in Child Health at local and national level and hopefully, will in time become recognized by government as the voice of Paediatricians and be respected for its wise counsel. It must also aim to become the forum in which the new generation of medical scientists in Africa will choose to publish the results of their researches, confident in the knowledge that the journal commands the respect of the wider world of medicine.