FUD Staff Develops Diabetis, Breast Cancer Detection App
By: Ahmed Aminu Dutse
Dr. Salihu Ibrahim, Head of Medical Biochemistry Department, Federal University Dutse (FUD) in Jigawa State has developed a software application for the early detection of Diabetes and Breast Cancer.
This was contained in a statement made available to The Syndicate in Dutse, by the Head of Public Affairs of the university, Malam Abdullahi Yahaya Bello.
Diabetes and Breast Cancer are major diseases ravaging Nigeria and Africa.
Dr Ibrahim, a renowned Phyto -Medicine Researcher, has for a long time developed
interest in finding ways to mitigate the scourge “because currently, almost 70% of diabetic patients in Africa are unaware of their condition and they often discover it accidentally,” the statement said.
“Since almost everyone has a mobile phone, I felt I can develop an application software to help people identify their risk level. The software will not prescribe medication, instead, it will assess whether users are at high, medium, or low risk and advise them to seek medical intervention”.
“This software will be more beneficial especially for people living in rural areas because they can quickly assess their risk levels from the comfort of their homes, rather than waiting for extended periods to see a doctor,” the statement quoted the researcher as saying.
On the application for the detection of breast cancer, he said that the idea came to him during an Innovation Hub Training sponsored by the University, during which participants were mandated to develop a project abd decided to focus on breast cancer “because it is one of the problems affecting our immediate communities”.
He said the software will guide women who do not have higher education because the application is very simple and more of pictorial.
“It has already been licensed by the Nigerian Copyright Commission and I am sure the University will also benefit from it,”
Dr. Ibrahim however said the applications have not been uploaded to the Play Store, until it is commercialized to allow interested parties to invest in the idea.
